'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [20v] (45/706)
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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ALIN—ALKU
ALINJEH—
A little village in Azarbaljan, 4 miles north-east of Ajabshir, and 55 miles
from Tabriz on the Maragheh road.— (Schindlar.)
’ALl PAKAN—
A village in the ’Zuhab district, near the Shirwan river, west r of Hajilar,
the property of Shaikh Muhammad. The inhabitants are wealthy and
trade with Sulaimameh and Khaniqin. They also provide donkey trans
port for the neighbourhood {Soane, 1913).
’ALlSHAH—
A village of 200 houses in Azarbaijan, 21 miles west of Tabriz, on the road
fco Dizeh-i-Khahl. It lies 25 miles from lake Urumieh. It is celebrated
as the place where ’Abbas Mirza surrendered himself a prisoner to the Russians
after the capture of Tabriz by them in 1827.— {Morier ; Gerard.)
ALlSHAHBAZ—
A large village situated about 2 miles west of the Karaj river and 20 miles
west of Tehran. Pormerly a stage on the Hamadan road but now about
12 miles north of it. It is in the Fashaviyeh district of Tehran province.
In 1807 it was described as a large fortified town with fine gardens, vineyards
and numerous plantations, one of the most beautiful spots near the capital.—
{Tancoigne ; Campbell ; Schindler.)
ALISHRDD or ALISHEH RUD-
A village in Mazandaran, 15 miles south of Amul. Here there are iron
mines which are worked on account of Government during the four winter
months. The ore is found scattered on or near the surface of the soil, and
each workman takes it from the spot in the manner he finds most conven
ient, no restrictions being imposed as to the mode of mining. The iron
is converted into horse-shoes, nails, and cannon balls, which latter, and part
of the former, are sent to Tehran, the remainder being used in the province.
The metal is said to be inferior to Russian, and the quantity produced not so
great as formerly. It is said that some years ago 100,000 cannon balls
were annually cast here. The river Ahlamrud {q.v.) is called the Alish-
rnd inland. It forms the boundary between the Nur and Amul districts.—
{Holmes.)
! ALlYUN—
A small village, 2^ miles south-west of Frat in the Damghan district.—-
{Schindler.)
ALJAI—
A stage in Azarbaijan, 117 miles from Tabriz, on the road to Bayazld
67 miles from the latter.— {MacGregor.)
ALKUH—Lat. 37° 25' 42"; Long. 46° 8'.
A village of 150 houses, 9 miles west of Maragheh in Azarbaijan. The
hills close bj are called Alkuhdagh. The original name was probably
Alkuh, the A1 mountain. The Al, according to the Persian villager’s belief
is a fierce demon m the shape of a bird {cf. Aluh, Aleh, different dialect
for eagle), which just when a child is being born enters the room and tries
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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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