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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [22v] (49/706)
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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AMIKA—AMUL
4 milea to the Lusha river. Below the village runs a road to the Zimkan
camp of Kaleh Zanjlr from Juanrud, crossing at the valley head, a mile
from Anrrabad, the low pass of Ahwara (Gahvareh ?) There, also, a track
to Zuhab via the Zimkan river crosses the ridge of Shafileh into the Zimkan
valley.
At Ahwara (Gahvareh) is the G-uran frontier line between Kirmanshah terri
tory and Persian Kurdistan.— {Burton.)
AMlRlEH or AMIR I—
A district lying east of mount Damavand on the right bank of the Harhaz
river and containing several fine villages.— {Holmes.)
AMIRKALA—
A large village in Mazandaran, between Barfarnsh and Mashhad-i-Sar,
8 miles from each, and situated on the banks of the Babul river.—
{Holmes; Stack; Schindler.)
AMlRLU—
A village in Azarbaljan 72 miles north of Tabriz, on the road to Aslan-
duz.— {Morier.)
AMJAK DAGH—
A mountain south of Nuvaran (Nobaran) at the eastern end of the Dukhan
district.— {Schindler .)
AMRABAD (1)— (or AMRAHABAD.)
A village in the Khalajistan district about 10 miles west of Saveh. The
roads from Saveh to Hamadan and Isfahan to Tabriz cross here .—{Morier )
AMRABAD (2)—(pronounced OMARABAD.)
A village of 50 houses in the Buzihalu district on the right bank of the
Kara Chai which is here 8 yards wide and 3 to 4 feet deep. It lies to the
left of the Tehran-Hamadan road, 137 miles from Tehran.—(Mm^er )
AMROVAR—
A grove of trees in Kirmanshah on the right bank of the Kara-su and
about 30 miles north-west of Kirmanshah city. In 1897 it contained the
rums of a village, which it was intended to rebuild. Water plentiful It
is on a road from Juanrud to Kirmanshah.—( Vaughan.)
AMUL—Lat. 36° 28' 0", Long. 52° 23'.
A town in Mazandaran, 22 miles west-south-west of Barfarush, on both
banks of the Harhaz. It is without walls or defences or any kind • it was
once regarded as the capital of Tabristan, and celebrated for its beautv
extent, and numerous population, but is now fallen much below its original
importance, and wears an air of poverty, gloom, and progressive decay •
yet several good shops still remain, and the bazaar is generally crowded with
people. Most of the inhabited houses are constructed of wood, and either
roofed with boards or thatched with straw. In the vicinity are 10 or 12
small towers (their forms various, but chiefly square and octagonal, with
been ’’ aIr- 16 18 alS ° & s P acious mausoleum, said to have
been built by Shah Abbas over the remains of Saiyid Quvvam-ud-Dln*
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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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