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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎311r] (626/652)

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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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ZIARAT—
A village and river, in the Biaban d : s"rict {q.v.) on the road from Bandar
Abbas to Jashk, about 75 miles from the former.-—(Pe%.)
ZlARAT (Dizak)—
A village of Dizak in Persian Baluchistan. It appears to be 3| miles
south-east of Dizak fort, down the valley and to be the lowest of the
Dizak group. Date groves and cultivation extend continuously as far down
as this place.— {St. John.)
ZlARAT— Elev. 3,660'.
A hamlet and date grove in the sub-district of Irafshan in Persian
Baluchistan. It is situated 18 miles north-east of the town of Irafshan,
on a tributary of the Shahri river, and forms a stage on the road to
—{Sykes, 1893; from native information.)
ZlARAT— Elev. 473'.
A halting-place in Makran on the banks of the Geh river, 19 miles from
Pish Mant, on the Chahbar-Geh road. A shrine stands here in honour
of Pir Shamil, built some 300 years ago. There are no villages or supplies,
but camel-grazing, fuel and good water from the river are abundant.
Ziarat lies on the northern limit of the Dasht or Coast District, which
is assessed at about £200 per annum, and is under the Governor of Geh.
The hills seen from here are :—to the west Ravak, to the east Shal Mali,
and to the north-west Kupta-i-Guch.
The river on some maps is miscalled the Kair. It is really the Geh river,
Khaur or Kaur being the Baluch term for every small stream or river.—
{Sykes ; Brazier-Creagh, 1893.)
ZlARAT—
A hamlet in th« Marz sub-division of Bashakard, situated 1J miles north
of the road from Ramishk to Manujan, and about 8 miles from the former
place. It has a date grove and a little cultivation. Close to Ziarat and
a little to the east of it is the hamlet and date grove or Gion.— {Sykes,
1898.)
ZlARAT—
A village of 400 inhabitants belonging to the district of Minab, Kirman,
Raving date plantations. It lies between Takht and Kaleh-i-Kazi, and is
very probably the same as that mentioned above.— {Abdur Rahim.)
ZlARAT— Elev. 5,100'.
A spring and halting-place in Sarhad, situated at the western base of the
Pan] Angusht range, about 4| miles from Yasht on the road to Rigan.
The water is excellent; there is fair grazing, and a little fuel.
About 1| miles to the west of Ziarat, the road to Rigan crosses
a pass called the Gardan-i-Ziarat at an elevation of 2,250 feet ; and about
| mile to the west of this pass a path strikes off in a south-westerly
direction to Bampur.— {King Wood, December 1899.)

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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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