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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎295r] (594/652)

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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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of Suhran, but it is the term applied to the whole sub-district. This place,
with Paskuh, is within the administrative boundaries of Sib—(Sykes 1894 ;
Shaikh Mohi-ud-din, 1895.)
SUHRBUR— Elev. 2,400'.
A high peak on the coast range north of Chahbar Bay. Going west fiom
Parag (y.v.), it is about 10 miles off on the right of the road.
This place may have some connection with Haji ’Abdul Nabi’s Sorlvm
(q.v.), also with the salt-yielding hill washed by the Namak (or Parag)
Kaur, which Grant mentions. Suhr means salt* as, of course, does
namak.
SUHUMUK (Kirman)—
A plain and ravine of this name in Sarhad, lying to the north and north
west of the Ladis group of villages. There is also a detached mountain
of this name.— (Jennings.)
SUL—
A river-bed, 7 miles beyond Khusnh, on the road from Bam to Bampur.—
(Euan-Smith.)
SULAH—
A village in RMbar (q.v.) in Kirman.
SULAIMAN—
A range of hills in Makran, running west of BAhu Kalat. The Kuh.
VakI (390 feet) is joined to it by a low flat ridge.— (Janes, 1900.)
SULAIMAN K OH— Elev. 2,000'.
A range of hills in Bashakard which is # the first to be crossed between
Jashk and Anguran. They are very steep and stony. The summit is a mass
of deep nalds, with steep sides and valleys so narrow that in places a camel
can scarcely get both feet on the path side by side.— (Medley, 1893.\
SULU—
A river crossed 38J miles from Bam, in Kirman, on the road to>
Saiyidabad by Ahmadi.
Smith gives the distance as 47 miles.
SULUGHAR—
A village in the plain of Du Tang, near Ahmadi, Kirman.—((M.)
SULUN (Kirman)—
A village on the northern slopes of the Band-i-Marz.
SUNT-I-FASL— Elev. 4,500'.
A camping-ground in Persian Baluchistan, 16 miles north-west of Chab-
i-Jafr and 45 miles north-west of Dilavar Khan, in the Dizak district. It
lies in the bed of the Simish river, under a prominent peak called Mur
Pish. Water, plentiful but salty, is obtainable from wells sunk in tha
bed of the stream. There is no fuel, except roots of grass, but grazing is
good and abundant.— (Tight, 1902.)

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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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