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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎273v] (551/652)

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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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538
SHA-SHA
(100 houses), Husainabad (200 houses), Amirabad, Isfiiud and Akbaria
Its revenue is tumans 1,787-7-0.— (Mania Bakhsh.)
SHAHAD GVASHA—
A large date grove and small group of huts on the right bank of the
Kaju river, 3 miles above Qasrqand. Camel grazing scarce. Fuel plenti
ful.—(Grey, 1906.)
SHAH BANDAR—
A mud building—a custom house ; it is about 12 miles from Minab fort.
— (Jennings.)
SHAH BASAKl—
A village in Rudbar (q.v.) in Kirman.
SHAH BAYAG—
A river in Bashakard which, rising in the Afin-i-Band Kuh, flows in
a south-easterly direction.
It is crossed by the Jashk-Anguran road about 68 J miles from Jashk,
and its bed is here about 200 yards wide, with steep rocky banks, and
shows signs of carrying a large volume of water when in flood. What
little water was flowing when Medley crossed it in June was clear and
sweet.— (Medley and Massy, 1893.)
SHAH GARRAK—
A village of 200 houses in Rudkan, 10 miles south of Gulashkard.
There are many date palms and wheat and bailey are cultivated. Live
stock : 500 cattle and 400 she£p and goats. Water sweet from river com
ing from Gulashkard. — (Sher Jang, 1902.)
SHAHI CHAH—
A camping-ground in Sarhad, 82 miles north-west of Ladgasht on the
road to Ladis. Water can be obtained by digging, as it is found about
4 feet below the surface. Fuel and grazing are abundant.—(S/mwers, 1902 ;
Grant, 1902.)
SHAH-I-KARPAD—
A village in Geh (q.v.) on the Sarhai in Makran.
SHAH KUTAL (Kirman)—
A pass in the hills to the west of Gishu Kutal, apparently traversing the
Shah Savaran range. It is said to be practicable for horses and camels.
It lies to the west of the Rigan-Minab road, and by it a path probably goes
to Bam and to Kirman, but there is no further information regarding it.
.— (Jennings.)
SHAH KITH—
A mountain in southern Khorasan, forming part of the range of hills that
extends from Neh towards Birjand.—(AAamAo^.)

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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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