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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [154r] (312/706)
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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KAKAJ—KARAK
295
KiRAJALtf—
A village in north-western Azarbaljan, 12 miles from Arab on the Shah
Takht-Klidl road.— (Picot, 1894.)
KARAJlAN PASS AND VALLEY— Elev. 6,340'.
Is traversed by the Sinneh-Jauanrud road between the village of Lnn and
the Gashan pass. The descent into the valley from the direction of Lun
is steep and dangerous for laden animals for a short distance , the remaind
er of the valley is traversed by good and level tracks. The length of the
valley to Ruvansar is about 9 miles. As far down as Karajian it is a
mile only in width, gradually expanding as it nears Ruvansar. In the
upper portion it is flanked to either hand by rocky and splintered cliffs of
the Shahu and Zarneh mountains. Grass is abundant throughout, but
there is no water after the melting of the snow. At Karajian the Juanrud
' road diverges to cross the Shahu range by the Gashan pass to the west,
which it does by a steep and difficult track to Khan! Khadran on the
Halabj a-Kirmanshah road : the road down continuing to Ruvansar; here
also from the east side joins road from Kamaran—(Rwrton.)
KARAJlAN— Elev. 5,280'.
Is situated in the valley of the same name 4 miles north of Ruvansar,
Persian Kurdistan. Here diverge roads to Kirmanshah via Ruvansar,
to Juanrud and to Kamiran. The Karajian valley is here a mile broad;
the mountain steep and grassy, but bare of trees. The valley itself con
tains much grass. A few patches of cultivation lie round the village.
There is no water when the snow has melted off the surrounding hills,
and the village is deserted during the summer by the inhabitants who
leave for the Zarneh mountain with their flocks and herds—(Swrfon.)
KARAJUl—
A hamlet of 10 houses in the Sain Kaleh district of Azarbaljan, 2 miles
south of the town of Sain Kaleh.—( 0. Report on Persia, Part II, Route
242.)
KARAKABDA—
A lar^e village in Azarbaljan, between Bunab and ’Ajabshahr on the
route from Sauj Bulagh to Tabriz. It lies about 8 miles to the left of
the road.— (Gerard.)
KARAKALlSA—
An Armenian village, celebrated for its beautiful church, in north-west
ern Azarbaljan, about 13 miles, east of Zavieh on the Kizil Dizeh-Khd!
road.— (Picot, 1894.)
KARAGHAN—
A subdivision of the Saveh or Khalajistan division. It contains 39
villages.— (Abbott.)
KARAKAYA—
A village in Azarbaljan, between ’All and Ahar, on the route frona
Tabriz to Astara. It is situated about 4 miles to the left of the road on the
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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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