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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎301v] (607/652)

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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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594
1AR-TAS
TARKABAD—
A village in Kirman, 35 miles east-south-east of Bam, on the road to
Rigan.— (Sykes, 1898.)
TARQ —Elev. 5,300'\
Tarq is situated between Isma’ilabad and Khunik-i-Bala, in the Kain
district of Khorasan, being 17 miles from the former and 8 miles from the
latter. The village contains about CO houses, mostly of shoe-makers.
The water is good, but the supply is not sufficient for cultivation to any
extent,, and grain has to be importedjrom Neh and Sistan. There is graz
ing for sheep and camels.— (C. E. Yale, 1891 ; ’Abbas All, 1907.)
TARS! or TARSI}—
A small village, with date trees near it, in the island of Qishm, Persian
Gulf, between Guran and Basidu. It is about 10 miles from the former.
i The inhabitants are cultivators and fishermen. It is not visible from the
sea.— (Constable ; Stiffe ; Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Pilot.)
TARG or TAR—
A small village on the coast in the Jashk dist. (q.v.), 3 miles south of
Guru. It has many date trees. Dalasi Khan calls it ‘ Tarsi ’— (Constable ;
Stiffe; Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Pilot.)
TARVAKAN—
| A river in Persian Baluchistan running into the sea near Jashk. It is
( crossed on the march from Gangan to Jashk, coming from Bandar Abbas.—
' (Pelly.)
TASBAR—
A village in the Shamil district (q.v.).
TASBAR, RUDKHANEH-I—
A river-bed in the Shamil district which is crossed 10-| miles from Bandar
Abbas on the road to Minab. It is here 200 yards wide, with sandy banks
and bottom, and was dry when Grey passed in September 1905. There
is a well of good water on the west bank.— (Grey, 1905.)
TASHKUK—
A halting-place in the Askan ravine, north of the Hinduan Pass (q.v.).
There is a date-grove but no habitations.— (St. John.)
About here the road to Dizak and Jalk would divide from that to Kuhak,
TASHT or RUDUSTA TASHT (Kirman)—
> A village of Bazman (g.u.).— (Jennings.)
TASHTAK BIRKEH—
A reservoir ia the Shamil district (q-v.\. ,

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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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