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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎57r] (118/706)

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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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Piran.
Nanakall.
Hassan Aghat.
Mamandasina.
Mangur.
Mannish.
Pawa.
BILDAR (1)— Elev. 4,800'.
(Rawlinson.)
A village in Kirmanshah about 33 miles north-west of that city, and on
the western road from thence to Juanrad. It contains about 30 houses
inhabited by Bakhtlarwan, Kurds, Sunnis. It is the property of the
Vakll-ud-Dauleh, Kirmanshah, and is situated on the right bank of the
Kara-su, which is here lined with numerous willows, bushes and good
trees ; water from the river. Supplies : 5 horses, 30 donkeys, 150 cows,
600 sheep and goats. Grazing good. Firewood from the river banks.
Troops can camp in the vicinity. Roads from here to Ruvansir and
Kaklistan, each distant ab' ut 14 miles. There is good fishing by the village,
the river being full of fish.— {Vaughan 1897.)
BILDAR (2)— Elev. 4,800'. (Apparently an annexe of the above.)
A village in Kirmanshah situated on the right bank of the Kara-su, and
about 36 miles north-west of Kirmanshah city. It contains about 20
houses inhabited by Jafr Kurds. It has no trees, water, crops or cultiva
tion. Supplies :—40 cows, 300 sheep and goats ; good grazing ;. a road
runs from here to Juanrad, distant 19 miles.— (Vaughan 1897.)
BILGABAD—
A village in the Hashtrud district of Azarbaijan. It is the second
stage from Maragheh on the road to Mianeh and has a considerable eleva
tion. The soil of the surrounding country is a dark loam, and is culti
vated without artificial irrigation.— (Morier.)
BILUJ (?)—
A plain near the frontier of Kurdistan between the fort of Marivan and
Panjvin, watered by a stream called Ab-i-Zizub.— (T. C. Plowden.)
BlMANSUCHAl, also called Mashkhal and Yahara (q.v.)—
A stream near the frontier of Kurdistan, in the Zagros mountains, met
with a little north of Banjvm, on the road to Sarambal.— (Grerard.)
BIN—
A place in Kurdistan. It is the fourth stage from Baneh on the road
to Sinneh. It is in a mountainous district.—(Gerard.)
BINAB. See BUNAB.
BINAR— Elev. 5,350'.
Villages and camp of Shir Khan, Sultan of the Kulkham branch of
f Guran Kurds, which furnishes 100 infantry and 10 sowars to the Guran
| regiment of Kaleh Zangir. The Binar village lies on the road from Kaleh
Zangir to Gahvareh, about 15 miles from the latter, and consists of 40
houses; the camp of about 80 huts is \ mile to the west; various hamlets are
scattered about lower down the valley, which slopes to the Zimkan river
some 4 miles distant. Water is plentiful.

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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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