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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [283r] (570/652)
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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Name.
Position.
Houses ; nd inhabi
tants.
Remarks.
•
and Amir, of Imam Riz5,
and of Khizar, and Iliyas.
The annual revenue is 400
tumdns. Kushku appea s to
be one of the 7 places all in
the same neighbourhood
which were taken and
burnt by Timur at the
end of the 14th century
A. D.
Ma bainl
(Chah).
9| miles north-east of
Bandar Abbas on
the route to Kir-
man.
20 houses of Shl’ahs
There are a few date palms
but the main resources are
pastoral. Besides sheep
and goats there are a few
camels. Water is from 3
wells 15 feet deep; it is
scanty and brackish.
Mah Dar-
waishi.
On the coast 17 miles
west by south of
Bandar Abbas.
Nil ....
A date grove of about 200
trees.
Mazlum
Kushteb.
8 miles east-north
east of Bandar Ab
bas.
Nil
A large plain between Tas-
bar and the sea which
affords a little grazing in
winter but in summer
is a desert.
Mirzai
20 miles west of Ban
dar Abbas on the
route to Lar and
about 6 miles from
the sea.
Nil
A reservoir with good water.
Mirgh
14 miles north by
A few huts of garden-
There is a date plantation.
Kama!
west of Bandar Ab
bas at the foot of
the Kuh Ginau.
ers.
the joint property of seve*
ral owners, who reside at
Bandar Abbas. Water is
from a spring and is good
and sweet.
Muhmadi
(Chah).
20 miles north-west
of Bandar Abbas on
the western route
to Saidabad near
the left bank of the
Rud-i-Kul.
Do.
There is a well 20 feet deep
but the water is slightly
brackish, and the well liable
to run dry.
Musafiri .
3 miles north-west
of Ziarat on the left
bank of the Jamush
stream just out side
the hills.
20 huts of Shi’ahs.
The village is much dispers
ed. The only property of
the people is in date groves
which are scattered along
several streamlets that
issue from the hills.
Nalband .
On the coast 3 miles
east of Bandar Ab
bas.
See article Naiband.
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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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