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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎81r] (166/706)

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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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DEHK—DEHW
149
is 2,000 kharwars of wheat and barley and 2,000 Pamirs of grape syrup.
The Malidt is 3,000 tumdns cash. It is situated at the foot of the hills
with cultivation and vineyards. Caravansarai badly built of mud. Hills
here are of slate formation. Road to Madari-Shah goes over a plain (or
valley with hills on each side) and is good. 120 looms for making karbdz
and gil ms. Water from kandts and a stream ; 3,000 sheep and goats —
(Preece.) 6
DEH KABtJD —Elev. 4,370'.
It is situated to the north of the road from Kirmanshah to Harsm about
17 miles from the former : is part of the Hajiabad property of Zaid-ul-Mulk
of Kirmanshah. It stands at the foot of a low ridge | mile from the road.
Water is very plentiful and there are some groves of fine poplars and willows :
there are some acres of luxuriant melon beds ; the plain round is fully under
cultivation. Good grazing for the flocks owned by the villagers : there is no
wood in the vicinity. The people are Kurds of the 4 Zangan tribe, and number
30 houses.— {Burton.)
DEH KHARQAN or KHARGAN—
This village is also known by any of the following names
DEH KHWARQAN, DEH-I-KHARQAN, DAKHARGAN, DEH
KARGAN, DEH KURANG—
!t is a large village of 800 houses in Azarbaijan, 36 miles south-south
west of labriz, on the east shore of Lake Urumieh and 6 miles from the
marble quarries of Maraghoh. It is encircled by a mud wall, the interior
being as much occupied by trees and gardens as by houses, and being also
surrounded by gardens and orchards. The approaches to it are very
picturesque. It is one of the richest villages in Azarbaijan, and is the
capital of a small district, which is wonderfully productive of all sorts
of fruit, particularly grapes, pears, and peaches, the two last of which
rival those of Isfahan both in size and taste, while the best wine made bv
the Armenians of Tabriz is from the former. The surrounding district
is one of the best foraging countries in Persia. There are also some fine
plantations of poplar and plane trees, the usual material for woodwork
m Persian buildings. The gardens of this district are mostly the property
of Tabriz merchants, who have either planted them or purchased them on
speculation; they pay the Government tax of a “ panabad ” (about U )
on each f tanaf ” (18 square yards), and for the labour of cultivation they
either allow the villagers a fifth of the produce, or hire them at the rate of
6d. a day for each man. It was the scene of a conference between Count
Pas ewitch and the Prince Royal of Persia after the occupation of Tabria
by the Russians, during the war of 1826, and the district formed the head-
quarters of the Russian cavalry. The Persian Army List gives 4 battalion
and 2 regiments of cavalry as the garrison, but these troops only exist on
paper.— {Rawlinson ; Morier ; Montgomery ; Schindler.)
DEH KHUSHK—
A ruined village, 3 miles north of Mayar, two stages
the road to Shiraz.— {Taylor.)
from Isfahan,
on

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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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