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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [274v] (553/652)
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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640
SHA—SHA
SHAHR-I-SHAH—^ “
: A village in Bashakard situated on the Anguran river, 1J miles from
; Anguran, on the road to Jashk.
It consists of a collection of reed huts, with a date-grove close by, sur
rounded by a few fields and signs of cultivation.
About | mile from Shahr-i-Shah are two similar collections of reed huts,
each surrounded by date palms, on opposite sides of the river.— {Medley
and Massy, 1893.)
There are several groves of date palms, and considerable cultivation,
but the people are mostly owners of flocks and herds {maldar) and in conse
quence are nomads.— {Jennings, 1885.)
SHAHRNAU—
3 * A village in the Jashk district {q.v.), 20 miles east of Jashk.
SHAH SAVAR—
A large date grove in Rudkan. No inhabitants.—(*S^er Jang, 1902.)
SHAHSAVARAN (KUH-I-)—
A range of hills south of Narmashir, Kirman, in which rises the KunarnaT
river. It is a prolongation to the south-east of the mighty Jamal Bariz
range.— {J ennings.)
SHAHTIRl SIAH (Kirman)—Lat. 28° 33' 45". Long. 61° 41' 5'.
Elev. 3,115'.
In Sarhad, a stage on the Jalk-Ladis road, 23 miles from Daff-i-Drukan,
the fifth stage on that route, and 10 from Bug, the seventh stage. Water
from a spring ; no grass nearer than the banks of the Talab river, which is
7 miles from the right (east) of the road. The Kufi-i-Taftan is about 45
miles due west of this.— {Jennings.)
SHAIDATl, RUDKHANEH-I
A dry river-bed in Kirman, which, draining north-east, crosses the
Rigan -Bandar Abbas road, 10 miles from the former place.— {Grey Sev-
1 tember 1905.)
SHAI KALAG—
A camping-ground in Makran, 8 miles north-west of Talang and about
30 south-east of Qasrqand. It is situated on a plain some 2 miles wide
j covered with a thin jungle of camel shrub. Water is only procurable in
the rainy season.— {Janes, 1900.)
&HAI KALAG PASS—Elev. 960'.
A pass in Makran, about 4 miles north-west of the Shai Kalag campings
ground, over which runs the track from Bahu Kalat to Qasrqand vid
Talang.— {Janes, 1900.)
SHAIKHABAD—
A village in the Mlnab district {q.v.).
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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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