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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [15r] (34/706)
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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AHLA—AHMA 17
only so at times and at certain spots. It is called the Alishrud further
inland. It is crossed near Izad-deh.— {Holmes — Schindler).
AHLAMSAR—
A village in Mazandaran, 5 miles south of Amul on - the road to Tehran*
It is in the Harhaz valley on the border of a heavy forest of alder, oak,
and elm, and near a canal which is crossed by a stone bridge.— (Napier —
Schindler.)
AHMADABAD (1)—
A village in the district of Saveh (?). It is situated in a small valley
embosomed in a grove of fruits and other trees.— (Keith — Abbott.)
AHMADABAD (2)—
A stage midway between Zinjan and Ardabil, about 80 miles from each
of these places.— (Morier.)
AHMADABlD (3)—
A small village in the Damghan district, on the road from Damghan to
Tehran and 13 miles from the former place.— (Schindler.)
AHMADABAD (4)—
A village of 30 houses to the left of the Tehran-Hamadan road, 5 miles
south-west of Khanabad.— (Schindler.)
AHMADABAD (5)—Elev. 5,240',
A village in lower Silakhur, about 13 miles from Buriijird, to the right
of the road thence to Isfahan.— (Schindler.)
AHMADABAD (6)—
A village near Baneh, Persian Kurdistan, on the road from Sinneh to
Sulaimanieh.— (Rich.)
AHMADABAD (7)—
A small village in the Afshar sub-district of Azarbaijan about 3 miles
south of Chiragh-tappeh.— (Schindler.)
AHMADAVAND—
A small tribe of Lakks near Urumieh in Azarbaijan.— (Schindler.)
AHMADAVAND (Tribe)—
A settled tribe in the district of Duru Faraman. They are said to hail
from Shiraz. Whether they have come from there, or simply returned
after having been transported there by Karim Khan, is not known. They
are considered very active and intelligent. Their Chief is Haji Hasan
Khan Kalantar.
They are divided into the following branches :—Haji, Guli, Sabzevar,
Kaisar, Baba Husain, Khunjeh, Shirazi.
They inhabit the village of Jamashuran, Hajialian, Anguez, Kulehu
and Bagh-i-Mir-Vais. In summer they ascend the mountains behind
their villages.— (Rabino.)
C300GSB
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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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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