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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [14r] (32/706)
The record is made up of 1 volume (349 folios). It was created in 1914. 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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AGHD—AHAN
15
Saiyid Muhammad to the east and about 12 inhabited mazra’ehs. Its produo-
tions are wheat, barley, cotton, good pomegranates, figs, grapes, peaches,
plums, apples, water and musk-melons, and cucumbers. Its revenue is
500 tvmdn?. It was formerly much subject to raids from Bakhtiari and
Bal ch marauders.—There are post and telegraph offices. (K. Abbott —Jones
— Gibbons — Smith — Stack — Floijer — Schindler).
AGH DAGH— '
A range of mountains in Zuhab on the Persian side, whi ;h unlike the
other ranges is highest at its southern extremity. It runs north-west, and
south-east. It is 10 mih s long, west of Qasr-i-Shirin, just within Persia and
parallel to the frontier.— (Soane, 1912).
AGHLABAR—
A village in Gilan on the banks of the Karganeh Rad, on the road from
Enzali to Ardabil. It consists of a number of houses in detached clusters,
which are surrounded by wood d clumps and large cornfields. The hills
here approach within a mile of the Caspian Sea, which is bordered by a
thick belt of forest.— (Fraser.)
AGIL—
A village about 25 nrles north-north-east of Tehran, on the road to
Marsluabad in Mazandaran. It is situated at the junction of a small
tributary with the Jaj Rud. The Jaj Rud valley is very pretty, and
well wooded, with walnut, poplar, and chlnar trees. An especially shady
spot, 2 m les from the village, is called the Bagh-i-Agil.— (Lovett.)
AGRIQ VSH—Lat. 36° 51', Long. 45° 49', Elev. 4,200'.
A flourishing village of 200 houses in Azarbaljan, 6| mdes north of Sauj
Bulagh on the Sauj Bulakh river which flows into the Tatava, 18 miles
further north. The inhabitants form a branch of the Kurdish MukrI tribes
whose chiei resides at the village in a very comfortable house. Good horses
are reared here. The name of the village is variously pronounced, Yender-
kash, Indurkush, etc., and is the same as Gerard’s Interkash. The true
form is probably Agr-Kash “ the crooked eye-brow.”— (Schindler.)
AH—Lat. 35° 45' , Long. 51° 56'.
A large village in the dis riot of Damavand composed of two parts, upper
and lower (BaLa and Pain). At 30 miles from Tehran and situated at the
head of Rud-i-H.nd stream. It is a flourishing place, the verdure of the
surrounding vegetation having* given the name of Takht-i-Zamarrud, or the
emerald palace, to a ruined chateau of Path ’AH Shah close by. This is
composed of a gateway, with a room above and a house built under the
shade of some ancient and spreading plane trees rising in four successive
tiers. The village is in the jurisdiction of the Governor of Damavand.—
(Morier Stewart — Napier.)
AHAN—Corruption of ArpKand.
A village in Mazandaran about 10 miles from Sari on the road to Farah-
abad. It is inhabited by Jambeglu and Mudanlu Kurds.— (Holmes.)
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The item is Volume II of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1914 edition).
The volume comprises the north-western portion of Persia, bounded on the west by the Turco-Persian frontier; on the north by the Russo-Persian frontier and Caspian Sea; on the east by a line joining Barfarush, Damghan, and Yazd; and on the south by a line joining Yazd, Isfahan, and Khanikin.
The gazetteer includes entries on human settlements (towns, villages, provinces, and districts); communications (roads, bridges, halting places, caravan camping places, springs, and cisterns); tribes and religious sects; and physical features (rivers, streams, valleys, mountains and passes). Entries include information on history, geography, climate, population, ethnography, resources, trade, and agriculture.
Information sources are provided at the end of each gazetteer entry, in the form of an author or source’s surname, italicised and bracketed.
A Note (folio 4) makes reference to a map at the end of the volume; this is not present, but an identical map may be found in IOR/L/MIL/17/15/4/1 (folio 636) and IOR/L/MIL/17/15/4/2 (folio 491).
Printed at the Government of India Monotype Press, Simla, 1914.
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- 1 volume (349 folios)
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The volume contains a list of authorities (folio 6) and a glossary (folios 343-349).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at inside back cover with 351; 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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- 'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:350v, back-i
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