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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎53r] (110/706)

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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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BAT—BAZ
93
BATMAN—
A village in Kirmanshah situated in the Bilawar valley about 32 miles
north of Kirmanshah city.
It contains about 20 to 30 houses inhabited by Bilawari Kurds. Trees,
gardens and cultivation j water from a stream. Supplies 300 sheep and
goats.— (Vaughan.)
BAVARZAN see BIVARZlN—
BAWA —Elev. 5,190'.
The name now (1897) given to two villages, one of 40 and the other
of 15 houses standing in the Kulkul valley, north-west of Gahvareh, on
the road to Kaleh Zangir, about 3 miles from the former. They belong to
the section of Guran Kurds of Parwez Sultan. Water and forage are
plentiful. Supplies in summer only, inhabitants migrating to Zuhab
for the winter. Ample room for camping. Fuel from the mountains
to the west. There is a large area of cultivated land round the villages.—
(Burton.)
B AWAJ AN(BAB A JAN)—
A village 6 | miles north-west of Kirmanshah city, on the Kara-su river
route to Rawansar and Juanrud. It contains about 30 houses inhabited
| by Zanganeh Kurds. It has no trees, some crops and cultivation. Water
from a stream and wells. Supplies: 30 tons of barley, 5 tons of wheat,
400 sheep and goats; grazing good, no firewood. Troops could camp in the
vicinity .—(V aughan.)
BAYlN KUCH—
A village in Persian Kurdistan, 15 miles north of Simmh. It is in the
district of Hasanabad, and is situated in a valley at the north foot of the
Allahu Khuda pass, and is described as a large but filthy village. It is
on the main road from Isfahan to Tabriz.— (Rich.)
BAZADABAD—
A village in lower Silakhur, 14£ miles from Burujird, on the road thence to
Isfahan.— (Schindler.)
BAZARAN—
A small village close to Robat-Karim, 24 miles from Tehran, on the
road to Hamadan.— (Schindler.)
BAZI DARAZ (hills.)—
A range of hills in the district of Zuhab, on the Persian side, which com
mences at the Hulvan river and runs S.E, forming a composite range with
the Sumbulak.— (Soane, 1912.)
BAZIR KHANI—
A range of hills in Persian Kurdistan, apparently to the north-west of
Sinneh. They run north and south, and are said to terminate in a plateau
of the same elevation as Hamadan, to which there is a road over them
from Sulaimanieh, there being scarcely any descent to that place. I
imagine this name must be applied to a portion of the main.Kurdistan range
dividing Ardalan from Sulaimanieh and Kirmanshah.—(iM.)

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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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