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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [261v] (527/652)
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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51 4 SAM—SAN
SAMStJR RIYER-Elev. 3,095'.
A stream in Sarhad, which running north-west crosses the road from
Rigan to Vasht at the 68th mile, and the road _from ’Azizabad to Uiah
Ahmad at the 87th mile. It is said to flow by Ab-i-Gajjan andbamsur,
into the Lut, where it divides, one branch reaching the Mil-i-Nadin and
probably eventually losing itself in the Shurgaz Hdmun. The streain is
brackish, and though it contracts greatly in summer, is said to be perennial.
Its width where it crosses the ’ Azizabad-Chah Ahmad road was, m February
1904. 20 feet, with a depth of 6 inches, and a flow of about 100 feet per
minute. The river-bed is full of reeds, and its banks, lined with tamarisk
trees, offer good grazing.— {Sykes, 1902 ; Moore, 1904.)
SANDAKl—
A village in Bampur {q.v.) in Persian Baluchistan.
SANDARP—
A hamlet in Bashakard, 11 miles from Jashk and 106 miles from Ram-
ishk, on the road between them. Water is obtained from a well.—
from native information, 1898.)
SANDARK— See Bashakard.
SANGABAD (No. 1)—
A walled village in Kirman, 2| miles south of Rigan, on the road to
Bandar Abbas. It has a supply of good water, and fuel and camel-grazmg
are also procurable.— {Napier, 1899 ; Grey, 1905.)
SANGABAD No. 2—
A village on the road between Bampur and Bam, near the halting-place
of Buri-l-Agha Muhammad.— {St. John.)
SANGAM—
A river in Persian Baluchistan, near Chahbar.— {Goldsmid.)
SANGANDAZ—
A name mentioned by Haji ’Abdul Nabi in connection with Parud, ap
parently as that of a district. It has not since been heard of, but it is just
possible it may be applied to that portion of the Qasrqand-Pishin plain
between the watershed east of Qasrqand and Baftan.
SANG! DANGl (Kirman)—Lat. 27° 23'25" ; Long. 57° 4'2" ; Elev. 1,144'. ^
A halting-place on the Khanu-Minab road, 8 | miles from Rudkhaneh-i- k
Kuri. Water and grass abundant ; but camel-grazing and wood not
procurable within some miles. . .
Jennings gives two routes to this place, that via Bodun, which is 14£
miles, and the direct route which is 8^ miles. {Jennings.)
SANGINDAKl—
A village in Bampur {q.v.) in Persian Baluchistan.
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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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