!['GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎279r] (562/652)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100025472711.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_2_3_0562.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎279r] (562/652)")
'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [279r] (562/652)
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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
Name.
Position.
Houses and inhabit
ants.
Remarks.
Dam Shahi
18 miles sduth-?outh-
east of Shamil vil
lage.
50 houses and huts
of Shi’ahs.
There is a mud fort here.
Livestock are: 20 camels, 30
donkeys ai d 100 sheep end
grata. The date groves and
gardens are said to be ini-
gated with water brought
through the hil’s from "the
Minab river. The annual re
venue is 28 tumans.
DarchljS .
10 miles south-south
west of Shamil vil
lage, a little to the
north of the Rah-
i-Mian route.
25 houses of the Maz-
ajan tribe.
Barley is grown : water is
from wells. A few don-
keys, cattle, sheep and
goats are obtainable, but
the place is poor. The
annual revenue is 5 tun tins.
Dargir
10 miles north by
west of Bandar Ab
bas.
20 houses of Shi’ahs .
Dates and barley are grown.
There are a few cattle,
donkeys, sheep, and goats.
Water is from w^ells.
Darmugh .
14 miles north-north
west of Bandar Ab
bas at the foot of
Kuh-Ginau.
15 houses of Shi'ahs .
The crops are wheat and
barley. Water is from a
perennial spring. There
are 8 cattle and 10 don
keys.
The people grow henna, and
own 30 camels, 50 cattle
and 100 sheep and goats.
Drinking water is from
wells, and irrigation is from
a brackish canal.
Deh Nau .
9 miles south-soTith-
west of Ziarat on
the north side of the
Rah Mian route.
30 houses of Slu'ahs.
Dizak
Fahleh
(Chah).
15 miles north of Ban
dar Abbas at the
south-west corner
of Kuh-Ginau.
16 miles south of
Ziarat on the Rah-
i-Mian route.
A dozen houses of
Shi'ahs.
15 houses of Shi’ahs ,
There is a stream of fresh
water ; date palms and fruit
trees are cultivated. No
resources except a little
fodder. There are 10
donkeys.
The inhabitants cultivate
barley and have some
camels, goats and sheep.
A date plantation has re
cently been laid out
(1905). It has a well of
good water. The annual
revenue is 10 lumtins.
FfitilS Jari
16 miles north-north
east of Bandar
Abbas.
Nil .
A garden of dates, lemons^
and other fruit trees
watered by a tributary of
the Baghu stream.
About this item
- Content
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (322 folios)
- Physical characteristics
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.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [279r] (562/652), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/2/3, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100034631330.0x0000a3> [accessed 26 April 2024]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100034631330.0x0000a3
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100034631330.0x0000a3">'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎279r] (562/652)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100034631330.0x0000a3"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100025472711.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_2_3_0562.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100025472711.0x000001/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/2/3
- Title
- 'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:322v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence