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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [31r] (66/706)
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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ASHA—ASHR
49
ASHANG-
A beautiful little village in 'Iraq, seen irom tne road between Isfahan
and Kirmanshah; at 4 farsakhs from Dehak.— (Jones.)
ASHGIRD (or ASHJIRD)—
Is the second village in the Farldan district, on the road from Isfahan to
Burujird, and 3 miles north-east of Damn. There is fine p g.turage in the
neighbourhood, but the pasture lands are covered with snow in the winter
and cattle have to be kept indoors.— (Schindler.)
ASHI AN—
One of the five parishes of the Lanjan huluk of Isfahan, it is situated on
both sides of the Zindeh Rud and contains the following villages; Riz,
Chamgiradan, Bisajan, Nuqehran or Nokran, Chamasman, N adjan, Varnam-
khast, Sehdeh, Kalehmasihi, Kalehmusulman, Pallehkaleh ; also called
Hujatabad.— (Schindler.)
* ASH IQ AN—
A village of 40 houses of Guran Kurds, the property of a major of the
Guran regiment. Stands above Tappehgula south of a spur from the Milaml-
han mountain and is about 7 miles from, Gahvareh. Water, wood and
grass plentiful; the valley is well cultivated; some trees.— (Burton.)
ASHTIRD—see ASHGIRD.
ASH KAFTAN—E lev. 6,200'.
A mountain village of Persian Kurdistan, stands 3| miles above Ramisht
wbtere the gorge n .rrows to below the Ramah pass. Where the vil
lage st ,nds there is some open ground, all under cultivation. There are some
willow and poplar trees. The hills are treeless but grassy, and the villagers
graze large numbers of cattle and sheep. The water-supply is abundant from
numerous springs forming the head of the Ramisht stream.— (Burton.)
ASHKARAN—
A small village of about 20 houses, 62| miles from Isfahan on the road
to Yazd.— (Preece, 1892.)
ASHNAKHUR—
A range of hills, whence the Kokah and other rivers rise and flow north
east to Kum (Qum).— (Floyer.)
ASHRAF (i. e. the most noble). Lat. 36° 41' 55" ; Long. 53° 32' 30".
A town in Mazandaran, about 5 miles from the Caspian. The port is
Bandar Gaz. The inhabitants of Ashraf are of mixed race ; they are descend
ants of a Georgian colony brought from the Caucasus by Shah ’Abbas,
Safavl; some families of Talish, a Turk tribe from the coast near Lanku-
ran; Tats, a Persian tribe, and a few houses of Gudars, a peculiar race,
whose origin is very obscure. The last are the pariah caste of Mazand
aran, having a status and occupation similar to those of the aboriginal
tribes of India, the Khols, Bhils, and Dhers. They are village watchmen,
hunters, fishermen, and, though nomin lly Mussulmans, live m mly on
the flesh of wild swine. In summer they wander in the forests, when not
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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