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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [123v] (251/706)
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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234
ILI—IMA
This would be available only at a very high price or by prompt requisition.
Forage would be even more difficult to procure. Bhusa is used instead, and
in autumn and early winter there would be a considerable quantity found
stored in the villages, the winter supply of owners of cattle. In spring
and early summer unlimited pasturage is to be found along the edge of the
lake basin. Firewood may be procured in large quantities from the gar-
dens and plantations. Water is everywhere procurable either in small
streams flowing from Shahand, or by digging, at a depth of 10 to 15 feet.
Ihese remarks also apply to the villages Khusranshah, Mamaghan, Deh
Kharqan, and Gugan.— (Napier.)
Iliabad—
A village a few miles short of Banviz, on the road from Isfahan to Yazd.—
(Abbott.)
ILLAHABAD—
A small village in Yazd, 30 miles north of Yazd on the road to Khaf.—
(Christie.)
Ilvah—
A village of Azarbaijan near Bunab on the road to Tsibvlz.—(Gerard.)
IMADIEH PALACE—
1 alace built by Imad-ud-Dauleh when Governor of Kirmanshah ; it
stands on the left bank of the Kara Su, 3 miles north-east of Kirman
shah, between the city and the Parrau mountain. It is a lan e square
building with corner towers ; in front are extensive walled gardens, ente ed on
the front or south-west side by large gates. Was occupied by Na-r-ud-Din
Shah on his visit to Karbala. The palace is now unoccupied and falling into
disrepair. Behind it, | mile to the north-east, is the village of Imadieh,
property of the son of Imad-ud-Dauleh.— (Burton.)
1MAMABAD —
A village of the Damghan district, a little south of the Shahrud-Damghan
road and between Deh Mulla and the latter.— (Belleic.)
IMAM HINDI—
A ruined village of Azarbaijan, situated 24 miles from Urumieh on the
road to Tabriz, on the slopes of the Ak Dagh mountain. It was destroved
by the Kurds.— (Gerard.) y
IMAMZADEH (1)—
A village of 25 houses inhabited by Karaguzlu Turks, on the Jahanabad
river 153 miles from Tehran, to the left of the road to Hamadan
. (Schindler.)
IMAMZADEH (2)—.
A village of Azarbaijan, situated on a knoll 3 miles from Raushan, on
the left of the road to Urumieh from Tabriz.— (Gerard.)
IMAMZADEH BABA GURGUR—
A village in the Isfandabad buluk of Kurdistan, east of Sinandlj. It
has its name fiom the gra\e of Imamzadeh Jamal-ud-Dln known as Baba
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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