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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎303v] (611/652)

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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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598
TIZ—TUJ
animal matter and vegetable debris. An ample supply of good water for
all purposes could be obtained by sinking an artesian well. At the mouth,
of the NunkhanI ndJd, on a pyramidal-shaped hill are the remains of a
Persian mud fort, built in 1874 by Mirza Saiyid Husain of Kirman, by order
of the VaBl-ul-MulJc,the then Governor of Kirmen. Mirza Hasan lived
here four years, with 100 Persian soldiers, to protect Chahbar against
Masqat. At that period there was a small flourishing village here, with
cultivation, and gardens containing orange, lemon, almond, and other
fruit trees. Mirzd Hasan stated it was much healthier than Chahbar.
* Persian customs officials are only posted at Jashk, Chahbar and Gwa-
tar, so a considerable business is done in gun-running at the intermediate
ports along the coast. The arms and ammunition being brought from
Masqat.
Vide also Chahbar. — (Brazier-Creagh, 1893 ; Sykes, 1992 ; Yate, 1902 ;
Grey, 1906.)
TIZAR—
A stream in Bashakard, which is crossed by the Anguran-Sikunkan
road, 5 miles from the former place.
It runs south-east over a rocky bed, and has a good flow of water.
(Medley and Massy, July 1893.)
TIZDAN—
A small patch of cultivation, with a couple of huts, in the Rudbar dis
trict of Kirman, 46 miles from Minab, on the road to Rigan. It was a
prosperous place till 1898, when it was raided by the Bashukardis.
(Napier, 1899 ; Grey, 1893.)
TOGH MAHMUD—
A date plantation in the Shamil district (q.v.).
TOGUN (?) (Persian Baluchistan)—
A halting-place, 150 miles from Bam, on the road thence to Khanu by
Rigan.— (Goldsmid.)
TOZER—
A patch of cultivation in Sarhad on the Kuh-i-Chehil Tan.—(>S?/A:es, 1893.)
TOZGIR—
Tozgir, 99 miles from Bampur to the north-north-east in Sarhad. On
the east of Gvarkuh plentiful.— (Shaikh Mohi-ud-Din, 1893-94.)
TRUMBAK (Chah)—
A place in Hormuz Island (q.v.).
TUJAI—
A camping-ground in the Bariskhan district of Kirman, 21f miles from
Jashk, on the road to Anguran.
It is a small, flat, open space in the hills, but has no dwellings, cultiva
tion, or camel-grazing. The water-supply is from a spring under a rock
200 yards west of the camping-ground.—(AMe?/ and Massy, June 1893.)

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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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