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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [143v] (291/706)
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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274
KALA—KALE
where, and in the Sham! plain, grass is plentiful. There are 30 houses —
[Burton.)
KALATEH (2) —
A village in Kurdistan, about 1 mile from the Surkh river, on the road
between Tabriz and Sinneh—(Moner.)
KALAT-I-KHAN—
A village, 2 miles south-west of Frat in the" Damghan district.—
(ochinaler.)
KALAVAl—
A village in Kirmanshah about 30 miles north-west of Kirmanshah city.
It contains about 8 houses inhabited by Jaf Kurds. It is on the left bank
of the Kara Su. Water from the river. Grazing good. Firewood scarce.
Some crops, 20 cows, 100 sheep and goats.— [Vaughan.)
KALBASANG—
A village on the Qarangh river, a mile below the Mlaneh bridge —
[Schindler.) 6
KALEH (1)—
A little village on the Ujanchal in Azarbaijan, on the route from Ardabil
to Tabriz via Sirah, one day’s march from the latter.—[Thielmann )
KALEH (2)—
Name of several villages on the road between Sultanabad and Burui'ird
about 10 miles from the latter. J
Ruined Kaleh here and outcrop of quartz.—[Schindler.)
KALEH (3)—
A small village in the Damghan district, 8| miles south of Damghan
—[Schindler.) b
KALEH (4)—
A village in Kirmanshah situated in the Bilavar valley about 32 miles
north of Kirmanshah city. It contains about 12 houses, inhabited by
Bilavari Kurds. Water from a stream cultivation, crops and erazi™
Supplies : 100 sheep and goats.— (Fau^an.) b™zmg.
KALEH (5)—
Stands on a low hill overlooking, at the distance of £ mile, the ford
and bridge of the Gavarra, here marking the boundary between Kirman
shah and Persian Kurdistan. At this point also the Kandula-Sinneh road
crosses the river and passes by the village.
To the north rises a bare range of mountains from 4 mile distance • up
to which stretch cultivated fields. There are several large springs of water
near by, the chief taking the form of a large circular pond 300 yards west
of the village. J
Ample room for camping. Supplies could be collected. Large flocks
and herds are owned. Grazing gobd. Cowdung fuel only Roads run
east and west along the valley of the river. There are 51 houses and
the residence of a Kurdish Khan.—(Burton.)
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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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