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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [83v] (171/706)
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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154
DIR—DIZ
DIRKl—
A grazing hamlet of 10 houses of Kurds in a bare side valley above the
left bank of the Qishliiq stream below Sinn eh. The Kirmanshah road
crosses a spur opposite and 150 feet above the village ^ mile to the north.
Some water from springs: a few patches of corn and vegetables. The
flocks and herds of the villages are grazed in the adjacent valley of Sha-
noh-Muineh. The mountains adjacent are quite bare of trees.—
(Bur on.)
DlVANDARREH—
A place on the Tabriz-Sinneh road, about 46 miles from the latter.—
(Morier.)
DlV SAFlD—
A ruined hill fort in Mazandaran between Sarbandan and Sturgah, on
the road from Tehran to Barfarush. It is situated immediately above a
narrow gorge defended by a stone wall; the remains of which and a gate
way are still visible. There are a few patches of barley about.— (Todd.)
DIZ (1)—
A ruined village, on the right bank of the Zindeh Rud, three miles south
east of Varzaneh.— (Preece, 1892.)
DIZ (2)—
A village in Azarbaijan, on the left bank of the Sand Rud, and not far
from the village of Gila van.— (Fraser.)
DIZABAD—
A village with a population of 2,000 souls on the Kirmanshah-Qum
road, about 190 miles south-east of Kirmanshah. Its land is fertile and
irrigated by a small stream ; supplies in reasonable quantities can be had
here.
DIZAJIS—
A village in Azarbaijan, about 7 miles north-west of Tasuj, on the
road to KhdI. It is surrounded by fields of wheat and barley .— (Morier.)
DIZ-I-KHALlL—Kiev. 4450k
A thriving village in Azarbaijan, 29 miles west of Tabriz, on the road
to Urumieh. It is surrounded by walled orchards and gardens and
occupies the border of a mountain stream from the Shahi range on the
north of lake Urumieh and covers an extensive district.—(Travers;
r
Gerard.)
DIZ SAFID—
A plain 90 miles east of Tehran, on the road to Mazandaran and
Astrabad.— (Chesney.)
DIZEH (1)—
A village in the Damghan district 5 miles from Qusheh and 18| from
Dnmghan.— (Schindler.)
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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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- 'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:350v, back-i
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