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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [275r] (554/652)
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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SHAIKHAK—
A village in the Nehbandan sub-division of the Kain district in Kho-
rasan. Its revenue amounts to 48 tumans fer annum. (Maula Bakhsh.)
8HAIKH BAKHTIAR—
A hamlet in the Rfidbar district of Kirman, about 17 miles north-west
of Dasht-i-Kush, on the road to Sarduieh. It lies under the Kuh-i-Dilfard,
on the banks of the Sagdar nvei.—(Sykes, 1894, from native information.)
SHAIKH-RASHlD (Tomb of)—
A white, ruined tomb on a little rising ground, nearly 2 miles north by
east from Ras-as-Shinas,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. 2i miles north of the tomb is a
hill 400 feet, the top of which is quoin-shaped, and conspicuous from the
east.— (Constable ; Stiffe ;
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Pilot.)
SHAIKH SAIYID—
A tomb, so called, said to be of a Mussalman saint, upon Ras Jashk, at
the south point; it is 25 feet high. This tomb is of some antiquity, as in
“ Purchar his Pilgrimes” it is noted that the master of the ship Roebuck,
of London, states that on 15th December 1620 they saw Cape “ Jasques,”
“having upon it a tomb or old square flat-roofed house.”— (Constable'
1 Stiffe;
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Pilot, 1870.)
SHAITAB — See Shitab.
SHAKAUK — See Pushtar.
SHAMADAR RIVER—
A torrent bed in Sarhad, running between high precipitous mountains
in a north-easterly direction towards the Shlia river. The road from
Duzdab to Kuh-i-Malik Siah runs for some distance along the gorge so
formed, and as the latter is in some places only 40 or 50 yards wide, must
often be impassable after rain.— (Wood, 1899.)
SHAMADAR KUTAL — Elev. or (1) 5,187'. Elev. of (2) 5,103'.
The name given to two kutals leading over the hills west of the Shilag
desert and on the boundary line between Sarhad and Sis tan. They are
both traversed by the road from Ladis to Sehkuha. The ascent to No. (1)
begins about 7 miles from Chamagh ; it is easy, as is also the descent;
gradient about 1 in 30. Low shale hills, not more than 50 feet higher
than the kutal, appear on all sides.
The second kutal is about 6| miles further along the same road. It is
easy, and a few hours’ work would make it practicable for guns. There
are several flocks in the hills round about.
From mile 10J from Chamagh the road leads through the Shamadar gorge
via Gumbaz-i-Shah and the Shilag to Bandar-i-Kamal Khan on the Hel-
mand.— (Jennings.)
SHAMIL or SHAMlLAT (District)— ^ -
, A district of Persia, bordering the north-west side of the loop
[ formed by the Gulfs of Persia and’Oman at their junction; it includes
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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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