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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎33v] (71/706)

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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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54
ASIA—AVAM
export trade in caviare and dried fruits. For Consular report of the trade
of the Caspian provinces for 1909-11 see under “Rasht.”
The climate is deadly.— (Holmes ; Abich ; Shell; Stewart ; Thielmann;
Sykes; Rabino.)
ASTARABAD (or ASRABAD)—
A village in Persian Kurdistan in the district of Mari van. It contains
about 40 houses, separated from one another by hurdle fences. The climate
is good. The village is about am hour’s ride from Kaleh Marivan and a few
hours’ journey from Ban eh.— (T. C. Plowden ; Gerard; Rabino’s Gazetteer
of Kurdistan.)
ASTARACHAl—
A river on the north-east frontier of Talish, on which lies the town of
Astara. It flows in an easterly direction after a course of about 25 miles
into the Caspian. It is at times quite impassable at some distances down
the stream, while near the source it is but a nsrxAet.—(Thielmann.)
ASTURJI (or ASTURCHI)—
A village in a valley, 62 miles west of Khoi on the frontier of Azarbai-
jan and 40 miles from Van.— (MacGregor.)
ASUR— Elev. 7,800'.
A village in Mazandaran on the Nimrud river, about 30 miles west of
Flmzkuh on the road to Ask.— (Lovett.)
ATISHGAH—
Name of a hill rising 100 feet above the plain, 4 miles from Isfahan on
the road to Burujird.— (Schindler.)
Ussher describes the Atishgah, or place of fire, as a hill 3 miles from the
city, on which are the remains of a fire temple, erected, it is said, by Aidashu,
or Artaxerxes.
ATENA— Elev. 4,700'.
A large village in Mazandaran situated in the hills to the north of Eulad
Mahalleh.— (Baker.)
ATISHKUH—
(See Nimvar).—
ATlAB SHAH—
A small caravansarai between Mahiar and Kumishah.— (Trotter.)
AUHUN or AGKAND—
See Aham
AURKALTA—
A village in Persian Kurdistan, 34 miles south-east of Sinneh on the road
to Hamadan.— (Kinneir.)
AVAMIL—
A village 15 miles south of Isfahan, on the direct road to Chighakhur.—
{Baring.)

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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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