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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [95r] (194/706)
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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GARD—GARM
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GARDANEHEH-I-RAMOL (RAMOL pass)— Elev. 6,920 / .
A bare saddle between the vallej^s of Ramisht and Gazgazareh (Per
sian Kurdistan) crossed by the road from Kandnla to Sinneh : to the east at
the distance of 1 mile stands the village of Ramol; 20 houses of Kurds
on a bare mountain slope with some trees and cultivation round.
Below the north side of the pass is a spring of water and some cult’va-
tion : the grazing round is good: no fuel or supplies nearer than Ramol village.
. pass itself is bare and open, sloping gently to higher elevations to
either hand. Ascent from south by easy gradients : to the north the
approacn is steep. Practicable for laden animals. The pass can be
turned by a path diverging from the main road at Mish Kaftan and
rejoining it on the ridge to the north of Gazgazareh—( Burton.)
GARDANEH-I-RlS— Elev. 5,800'.
Same as Gavpiseh. It can be turned by the Tang-i-Jarzun 6 miles
west.— {Bell, 1SH4.)
GARDANEH-I-SALAWATABAD—
A crest with a sharp descent into the valley of the KizilUzun 12| miles
north of Bijar on the Tabriz-Kirmanshah road.— (Napier.)
GARBANEH-I-SHAMSABAD— Elev. 8,500.
A pass, 21 miles east of Naudushan on the road between Yazd and
Isfahan.— (Preece, 1892.)
GARGAR—
A village in Azarbaijan head quarters of sub district of same name,
84 miles north of Tabr.z, on the road to Juifa ferry, or the Aras, distant
miles , according to some, 3 miles.— (Champain.)
GURGUZ—
A village with 30 houses, 18| miles from Hamadan, on the road to Tehran
— (Schindler, 1^77.)
GARIJAN—
A village in the Kinar-i-Rudkhaneh district of Qum, situated on the
river, 8 miles from the Mahaliat border ; 30 houses, surrounded with gardens
— (Schindler.) &
GARJAN—
A small village, 12_ miles south-west of Ardabil in Azarbaijan on the*
road to Sauj Bulagh.— (Todd; Holmes.)
GARMAB (1) —Elev. 2,800b
In the Biabanak district, 20 miles south of Khur. A town of about 100
housi s, situated on open ground, at the foot of a chain of low rocky hills, sur
rounded by a fair amount of cultivation and by large plantations of date-
trees. Water is obtained from a spring in the hill-side above the town, whence
the water, which is good and exceedingly plentiful, issues through a cave
blasted in the rock, and fills a series of pools. The surrounding country
which is bare and sandy, slopes gently down to the kavir between this place
and Tabas. Although the higher surrounding hiils are covered with heavy
snow, it will not lie here, and the climate is mild for the time of year Air
moist and damp. Camping ground good. Fire-wood plentiful A few
suppli es .—(V aughan, 1890.)
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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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