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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎306v] (617/652)

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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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VAG—VAN
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VAGIBIS or VAJBIS—A village in Geh {q-v.) in Makran. Ifc is on
the road from Geh to Jashk, 46 miles south- west of Patab, on Ihe
Maluran river. There may be two places of the same name fairly close to
each other.— {Grant, 18^9.)
VAJNAM— Elev. 300/
The fifth stage on the Qasrqand-Chahbar route, 83| miles from Qasrqand.
A hamlet of 20 mat huts with a little cotton and millet cultivation.
Abundant and excellent water from holes. Plentiful camel-grazing, fuel,
grass and bhiisd. Supplies uncertain but a few sheep and goats, ghi, milk
and millet generally obtainable.— {Grey, 1906.)
VAKAI—
A halting-place in Persian Baluchistan, 2 stages from Sib, on the road
to Kej, by a difficult mountain road.— {Hdji ^Abdul Nabi.)
AKl, KtH-ELEV. 390'.
A solitary hill in Makran, 9 miles north-west of Bahu Kalat, on the
road to Qasrqand. It is connected with the Suleman range by a low
flat ridge. There is no water in the vicinity.— {Janes, 1990.)
VAKlLABAD—
A village and fort in Kirman belonging to Paq'r Khan and Sarhang Ab
bas Khan of Qadirabad whose Ra'd'A reside in the place. The fort is well,
built of sun-dried brick. Livestock: 70 cattle, ICO goats and sheep, 15
donkeys. Water from a Idriz which c< mes frc m SngLun. V heat, barley
and joicdri are cultivated. Bhu d and firewood procurable in abundance.—
{Sher Jang, 1902.)
VAKlLABAD—
A village of the Dasht Ab plain {q.v.) in the Kirman province.
VAKlLABAD—
A fort and village in Kirman, slightly north of Daulatabad, on the
Kirman-Bandar Abbas road vfa Baft.— {Brazier-Creagh, 1894.)
VAKlLABAD— Elev. 2,780'.
A village in Kirman, 18 miles east-south-east of Bam, on the road to
Rigan. It consists merely of a feudal mansion standing in a garden of
about 7 acres, surrounded by a crenellated mud wall, and about 30 huts
tenanted by some 80 people.— {Dobbs, 1902.)
VALHALI—
A hamlet, 7 miles from Geh on the Fanuch road, in Makran.— {Brazier-
Creagh, 1893.)
VANK—
A little bay on the coast of Persian Baluchistan, to the west of, and
separated by a headland from, the small sea-port of Tank.— {Ross.)

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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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