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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [105r] (214/706)
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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GILPURD E H S AR—
A village in Gilan, 5 miles from Rasht on the road thence to Kazvin.—
(Schindler.)
GIL SAFlD—
A village in Kurdistan north-west of Kirmanshah. It is situated on
the right bank of the Kara Su just below Ruvansar. No trees; good crops,
chiefly wheat and barley, and other cultivation. Supplies 60 cows, 300
sheep and goats; good grazing; water, good and plentiful. A road from
Ruvansar down the right bank of the Kara Su passes through the place
and finally reaches Kirmanshah, from which it is distant about 45 miles.
(Vaughan.)
GIRDAKANG BlLl—
A village of 40 houses about 74 miles from Kirmanshah, one mile to
the left of the Tabrlz-Kirmanshah road, miles south of Sara Agach.—
(Napier.)
girdakanG pain—
A village of 20 houses about 70 miles from Kirmanshah, on the Tabrlz-
Kirmanshah road, 12f miles south of Sara Agach.— (Napier.)
GIRDALAN—
A stream in western Kurdistan, which runs north and south from
the Avroman hills into the Shirvan. The road from Marlvan to Sinneh
touches it 8 miles east of the former place.— (Gerard.)
GIRD-I-FARAMARZ—
A village in the Yazd district, 6 miles west of the town of Yazd. It is
situated amongst sand hills, but has much neatly cultivated land. There
is a caravansarai.
It is also called Tiflomer, Tifloimrz, Kiflamard, etc. A village north-west
of Yazd, with a population of 1,000 souls.— (Abbot; Schindler, 1910.)
GIRDKGH (the round mountain)—•
The famous stronghold of the Hasanis or Asassins (q. v.) who held out
against the attacks of the Mongols for 15 years. Alehmut the ori
ginal stronghold of the dynasty founded by Hasan Sabah, was taken by
Halaku Khan m 1256, but Girdkuh held out till the 15th September 1270,
when it was given up to Halaku Khan’s successor, Abaka Khan. Its ruins
may be seen on an isolated circular rock, very difficult of access about
11 miles west of Damghan, some miles north-east of the deserted village
Mansurabad and 4 miles north-west of Razlabad. A little stream called
Chashmeh-i-Faikhar passes close by. The ground all around is barren
and very stony.— (Schindler.)
GIRGOVAN—
A rich valley in the Kirmanshah District crossed by the road between
Kirmanshah and Sulaimanieh.— (Rawlinson.)
GIRISHKlN—Lat. 36° 16' 2"; Long. 49° 35'. Elev. 5,130'.
A village of 60 houses, 24 miles from Kazvin on the road to Tabriz, with
extensive gardens and ample accommodation.— (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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