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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [285v] (575/652)
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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562
SHA—SHA
Name.
Position.
Houses and iahi.bil-
anls.
Rem auks.
This is a prosperous vil
lage and the Qalantar of
Shamil at present pays 900
tumdns a year for it.
Tal Siah
7 miles west of Ban-
20 houses of Shi’ahs
The people are graziers and
dar Abbas and
2 miles from the
coast.
80 houses of Shi’ahs
cultivate barley ; they pos
sess cattle and sheep and
goats. Water is from wells,
15 to 20 feet deep.
Tasbar .
8 miles north-east of
Dates and barley are grown
Bandar Abbas on
the Kirman route.
and water is sweet and
plentiful in wells and from
a stream on the east of
the village. There are no
transport animals. The
annual revenue is 5 tumdns.
Tashtak
18 miles north of
Nil
A reservoir in excellent
(Birkeh).
Bandar Abbas on a
road that runs past
the east end of the
Kuh Ginau.
order at the meeting of
several roads from the
interior, from Bandar Ab
bas and from the Shamil
plain.
Taziyan..
11 miles north-west
of Bandar Abbas.
60 houses of Shi’ahs
The village is a double one
consisting of two parts,
Bala and Zir, which are
about 1 mile apart, the
former being to the north.
Wheat, barley, tobacco
and some dates are grown
and there is a fruit garden
in Taziyan Bala. Water
■ *
is from w r ells. The people
own 10 camels, 20 cattle
and 12 donkeys. There
is a Ziaratgah of Saiyid
Sulaiman Darai Muham
mad.
Taziyan Bala is included
for revenue purposes
with Isin; the annual
revenue of Taziyan Zlr
is 5 tumans.
Tikrur ..
13 miles south-south
east of Shamil vil
lage.
10 houses of Shi’ahs
Barley is grown and a
very few dates. Water
is from wells, 20 to 25
feet deep, and is slightly
brackish.
Toq Mah-
15 miles west by
Nil
A date plantation belong
L
south of Bandar Ab
bas ' and 2 miles
from the coast.
ing to Khun Surkh vil
lage.
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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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- 'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.'
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