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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [246v] (497/652)
The record is made up of 1 volume (322 folios). It was created in 1910. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Name.
Position.
Houses and inhabit
ants.
Remarks.
Ramkan .
1
About 5 miles north-
east of Dairistan.
100 houses of Arabs .
Cattle and sheep are rear
ed and lungis and cha-
dars woven. Water is
from reservoirs and wells ;
supplies are scanty;
there are 1,600 date trees
and livestock are 8 camels,
50 cattle and 100 sheep and
goats.
Salagh
On the south coast
of Qishm island,
12 miles west of
Ras Khargu.
50 houses of Arabs .
The inhabitants are fisher
men, date-growers and
sailors ; they have 20 camels,
a few cattle, sheep and goats
and 80 date trees. Water
is from wells ; supplies are
scanty. Naphtha from
springs near by is said to
be used locally for light
ing, but the spring is too
scanty to be of commercial
value.
Singau
(Bandar).
On the north-east, 5
miles east of Basldu.
70 houses of Arabs .
The people are mostly
fishermen ;' a few are date-
growers. Resources are
limited but there are
30 camels, 20 cattle and
100 sheep. Water is sweet,
from reservoirs.
Suhli. .
Not far from Laft to
the south-west.
20 huts
V
A little barley is grown and
the inhabitants possess 30
camels, 40 cattle, 60 sheep
and goats and 600 date trees.
Water is slightly brackish,
from reservoirs and wells.
Suzeh.
On the south coast
of the island, 12
miles north-east
of Ras Khargu.
200 houses
The inhabitants are sailors,
fishermen and date-
growers and some of
them are camel-breeders.
They have 200 date palms,
60 camels and a few cattle,
sheep and goats. Water
is plentiful and good,
from wells and reservoirs.
A mudir and 2 tufangcMs
of the Imperial Persian
Customs are stationed here.
Taul or
South-west of Laft
100 houses
The people fish and breed
Tabl.
in the centre of the
island.
camels. Water is slightly
bracki h, from wells and re
servoirs ; some supplies
and transport are obtain
able. There are 170 date
- r
fr
trees.
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The item is Volume IV of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1910 edition).
The volume comprises that portion of Persia south and east of the Bandar Abbas-Kirman-Birjand to Gazik line, with the exception of Sistan, 'which is dealt with in the Military Report on Persian Sistan'. It also includes the islands of Qishm, Hormuz, Hanjam, Larak etc. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the whole district of Shamil.
The gazetteer includes entries on villages, towns, administrative divisions, districts, provinces, tribes, halting-places, religious sects, mountains, hills, streams, rivers, springs, wells, dams, passes, islands and bays. The entries provide details of latitude, longitude, and elevation for some places, and information on history, communications, agriculture, produce, population, health, water supply, topography, climate, military intelligence, coastal features, ethnography, trade, economy, administration and political matters.
Information sources are provided at the end of each gazetteer entry, in the form of an author or source’s surname, italicised and bracketed.
The volume contains an index map, dated July 1909, on folio 323.
The volume also contains a glossary (folios 313-321).
Prepared by the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India.
Printed at the Government Monotype Press, India.
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- 1 volume (322 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 324; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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