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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [274r] (552/652)
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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SHlHKtTH—
A lofty eminence close to the village of Rayin, on the road from Kirman
to Bam.— (Smith.)
SHAHKUH—
A village in Rudbar (q.v.) in Kirman.
SHAH, KUH-I- —
A snow peak in Kirman, to the south-west of the Dasht Ab plain.—
(Napier, 1899.)
SHAH MURDAN —Vide Sang-i-SafId.
SHAHR DAG-I-YANUS or SHAHR-I-jlRUFT—
Some ruins near Sarpz, in Kirman, on the road from Bam to Bandar
Abbas. See Dag-i-Yanus. — (Abbott.)
SHAHRI—
A stream in Persian Baluchistan, which joins the Nihing, (here the boun-
| dary) just before that watercourse turns southwards. It appears to have
a perenriial flow of water, and runs through the district of Irafshan, which
it irrigates according to St. John.— (See also Irafshan.)
SHAHRI—
A district lying south-west of the Milan-i-Jihun Hdmun, Kirman.
SHAHRI, KUH-I- —
The name of a mountain range in the Shahri district—the district takes
its name from these mountains—between Rudbar and Bashakard. It
appears to be part of the great Marz range to the north of Bashakard.
The following villages are situated in Shahri; they are watered by run
ning streams ; a few kdrizes are said to exist:—
No. of
Villages.
Gimurd
Durkun
Palkun
Kashiran
Gan
Takla
Sirgiru
Bung
Daul-i-Yaban
Paskuh
ghidans
150
140
40
60
150
70
60
100
180
300
SHAHR-I-HAIDAR (Kirman)—
A village and halting-place on a route from Nur Muhammad Karlz to
Rigan. It is the fourth stage (about 109 miles) from the former place and
about 30 miles from Rigan. Supplies, water, etc., all in abundance.—-
(Jennings.)
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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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