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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎84r] (172/706)

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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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DIZE—DOSG
155
DIZEH (2)—
A small village in north-west Azarbaljan 16 miles from Zakirlu on the
Aras, on the road to Maku.— (Picot, 1894.)
A village of 20 houses of north-western Azarbaljan, 7 miles north of Khui
on the road to Karaziadin.— (Picot, 1894.)
DIZEH (3)—
A small village in Azarbaljan in the Murdi valley, | mile south of Shaikh
Islim (q.v.) and 2 miles west of Malikkandl.—
DIZEH (4)—
A village in north-western Azarbaljan, 13 miles from Khui and the
first stage on the Kizil Dizeh road 164 miles from Zohrabad. There are
six caravansarais, besides other village house accommodation. The
ravine in which it lies is here about 600 yards in breadth, the road through
which is rocky, broken and fit only for pack animals . A branch road for
carriages makes a detour.— (Picot, 1894.)
DIZEH (5)—(from Persian diz “ fortress ”)—
A large village in Azarbaijan, 15 miles south-west of Tabriz.
DIZEH (6.)— Lat. 36 36'. Long. 0 48° 36'.
A village in Khamseh 10 miles north-west of Sultanieh, on the post-road
to Tabriz through Zinjan. It is about ^ mile off to the left of the road.—
(Champain ; Ouseley ; Stewart.)
DIZEH (7)—
A place in Azarbaijan with extensive gardens, 14 mile south-east of
Jairan on the road from Urumjeh to Sauj Buiagh.— (Gerard.)
DIZEH BABAR—
A village in north-western Azarbaijan, 18§ miles from Zakirlu on the
Aras on the road to Maku.— (Picot, 1894.)
DIZEH-HUSAIN BEG—
A village of 250 houses in north-western Azarbaijan on the north of the
road from Marand to Kh5i.— (Picot, 1894.)
DIZ GIRAN— Elev. 6,580'.
A village in Kirmanshah situated in a very fertile valley west of Kamia*
ran and 38 miles in a direct line north of Kirmanshah city. It is in
habited by Shi’ah Kurds.
It contains about 60 houses and a large one, the residence of Lutf-
Ulla-Khan, Kuliai Kurd, a Shi’ah, 74 years of age, who lives here with
his family and Sulaiman Khan, his son, aged about 20. All very friendly
to English travellers. The gardens, trees, cultivation and crops in the
vicinity are very considerable, and the place is well watered by streams<
Roads run from here to Kamiaran, distant, 8 miles ; to Bizaru about 16
miles*; to Kaleh about 18 miles; and to Balisht, 14 miles. Supplies; 12
horses, 40 donkeys, 500 sheep and goats.— (Vaughan.)

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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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