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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎298r] (600/652)

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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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TAGAZ-
A tamarisk jungle in Sarhad, 4 miles east of Ladls, on the road to
Kacha Kuh.— (Sykes, 1898.)
TAGDAR— Elev. l,7-50'.
A halting-place in the Marz sub-division of Bashakard, 94| miles from
Manujan, on the road to Ramishk. It has a little indifierent camel
grazing. Tagdar stands about 250 feet higher than Chah Zardar, the next
stage to the west, and though the intervening country is fairly level, it is
stony and much cut up by watercourses, which renders the going difficult.
In addition to this there is no water except what may collect in the
watercourses from recent rain, which would make it a trying march for
troops.— (Sykes, March 1898.)
TAGHAN—
A village in Khorasan, 4 miles north-east of Furk, in the Sunnlkhaneh
distr i ct.— (Mac Gregor .)
TAGHUR-I-GVAR KUH—
The plain of Gvar Kuh in Sarhad; i< taghur ” being the Sarhaddi name
for land temporarily inundated during rains.
This plain is open and plentifully studded with all sorts of withered
shrubs and tufts of coarse (Sykes, 1891 ; Brazier-Creagh, 1894.)
TAG TUMP—
Ninty miles from Bampur to the north-north-east in Sarhad. No constant
water-supply here ; camel forage and firewood plentiful. —(Shaikh Mohi-ud-
Din, 1893-94.)
TAGGI—
A village in Geh (q.v.) in Makran 7| miles from Geh, on theFanfich road.
TAHAB—
A village in Rudbar (q^v.) in Kirman.
TAHAR— See Go jur. *
TAHLU—
A village in the Shamil district (q.v.).
TAH MADAD—
A village in Kirman near Shahabad (q>v.).
TAH MAI—
A village in Kirman^ near Shahabad (q.v.). See also Than Mai.
TAHRfjI—
A place in the Biaban district (q.v.).
TAHUNAN KAUR (Persian Baluchistan)—
A nald, tributary to the Nahu ravine. It is met with on the Jalk-Ladis
. road between Kuh and Gusht, at a point If miles from the former place.

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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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