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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [247v] (499/652)
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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486
QTS—QUO
consist of a few camels, 30 donkeys, 160 cattle, and 200 sheep and goats.
The shipping of the port (included in that of Qishm island, q.v.) is con
siderable ; but there is no harbour, and off the town are several reefs of
rock and sand. Vessels of moderate or large size must anchor a mile or
more from the beach, but are fairly well sheltered from the prevailing
winds. Qishm is the seat of a Shaikh who, under the Persian authorities,
has executive power over the whole island. The town possesses a Madraseh
in which advanced instruction in Arabic and theology is said to be given.—
(Lorimer, 1908.)
QUCHA—
A place in the desert of Lut in southern Khorasan, met with on the first
march from Deh-Saif on the road to BIrjand. It is so called from two
rows of even boulders, which line the route on either side, and somewhat
resemble houses.— (Khanikoff.)
QUlK see KOlK.
QULUCHAN—
A tiny village near Ahmadi in the Bandar Abbas district.— (Newcomen,
1905.)
QULUGHAN—
A village in the Shamil district (q.v.).
QUOIN (Hill) — Lat. 25° 50' 0" ; Long. 57° 43' 3" ; Elev. 1,630'.
An isolated mountain, quoin-shaped, 1,630 feet high, a few miles from
the coast of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, near Jashk. It lies north by west-quarter-
west, 12J miles from Has Jashk, and this bearing is’good for marking the
place. It cannot be mistaken and always shows well against the hills
behind, and is visible 40 miles off.— (Constable ; Stiffe ;
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Pilot.)
QUOINS *—
Three rocks in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, situated at its entrance, about 12 miles
north of Kas Musandam.
They are near each other: two of them appearing sometimes like
a quoin, which name has been given them by European navigators. By the
Arabs they are called Sallamah. The Great Quoin, called by the Arabs
Sallamah, is in latitude 26° 30' 25" north, longitude 56° 34' 20" east. It
bears north 80' 34' west from Has Musandam, distance 7 miles nearly, and
is between 200 and 300 feet high, ifs highest parts being to the north-west.
The Little Quoin bears from it south 41° east, nearly 2 miles, and Gap Island,
the smallest of the three, bears south 70° 24' east from the Great
Quoin. Both these latter are called by the Arabs Binat. They have safe
channels between them, which may be passed in case of necessity with
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
from 22 to 45 fathoms; between them and the main land the
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
are from 45 to 90 fathoms.-— (Brucks.)
* The Arab name for the “ Quoins ” is Sallamah-u-Binataha (“ Sailamah and her-
daughters.”)
Great Quoin—Lat. (highest part) 20° 30' 3" ; Long. 56° 30' 57" ; Elev. 540'.
Gap Island—Lat. (peak) 26° 29' 46" ; Long. 56° 32' 2".
Little Quoin—Lat. (highest part) 26° 28' 32" ; Long. 56° 32' 36" ; Elev. 168'. —
(Constable ; Stiffe ;
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Pilot.)
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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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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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