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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎92v] (189/706)

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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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172
GAND—GANZ
GANASHlM—Elev. 6,050'.
A mountain pass in the Lahijan district of south-west Azarbaijan, seve
ral miles south of the Kalish'n pass. It lies on the route from Ruvandiz to
Sauj Bulagh, between Raiat and Khalisissar on the Perso-Turkish frontier.
The road crosses a tributary of the Little Zab at 7 miles from Raiat, and
ascends a spur of the Kandil range, the crest of which is 6,050 feet and
forms the boundary line of the Perso-Turkish frontier ; it then winds down
to about 9 miles from Raiat and enters the plain of the Little Zab, 4,850
feet. This is the Ganashim pass. It is also called Garushim pass by Thiel-
mann.— {Gerard.)
GANDABAD—Elev. 5,380'.
A village in Kirmanshah in the Bilawar valley and about 26 miles north of
Kirmanshah city. It contains about 50 houses inhabited by Bilawari Kurds
and has a garden or two close by in which grapes and a number of trees
grow; the whole of the level country adjoining it to the south is under culti-
, vation, chiefly wheat and barley. It is supplied with water by several
good streams and there is excellent grazing south of it near the banks of the
Bilawar-rudand on the adjacent hills. Supplies: 50 cows, 6 horses, 800
sheep and goats. Roads run from here to Kirmanshah, distant 40 miles,
to Sinneh 75 miles and to Juanrdd, 50 miles.— (Vaughan.)
GANDAR—
A tribe, which inhabit the wild country near Ashraf in Mazandaran. They
number 500 souls, and are said to be of no religion, and to place no restriction
on the intercourse of the sexes. Their principal food is the flesh of the wild
hog. They are said to be unerring shots with the bow and matchlock.—
{Morier.)
GANDUMAN—
A Mahall, of the Isfahan province, west of Rar. Principal villages: Gan-
duman, Safiddasht, Buldaji, Rivasjan. The Ganduman district ends near
Chiqakhur, in the Bakhtiarl country and extends south of the D naran hills
on the frontier of Ears.— {Schindler.)
GANDUMBAN—Elev. 5,050'.
Stands in the valley of Gandumban or Karju, about 2| miles above its
junction with the Qlshlaq river, 12 miles below Sinneh. The valley, though
narrow, is cultivated, and there are some fine groves of poplar and other
trees. The hills are destitute of trees, but there is good grazing. The stream
contains an abundant supply of water. A path from Ahroman and
Karju, also from Sinneh, goes through the villages to the river valley of
Qishlaq.— {Burton.)
GANGAMNAR—
A village about 60 miles from Hamadan. It is a most forbidding-
looking place, being a square enclosure of four walls, with a tower to each
corner, set down in the waste, without a garden or even a tree near it.—
{Fraser.)

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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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