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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [154v] (313/706)
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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KARAR—KARAN
left or southern bank of the Kara Sh.— (W. 0. Report on Per.ia Part II
Route 236, Todd.) ’ ’
KARAKISH—
A lake in Azarbaijan between Tabriz and Urnmieh.—-Traym )
KARAQISHLAQ—
A miserable little village in Azarbaijan, 46 miles from Urumieh towards
Tabriz.—(If. 0. Repo t on Persia, Part II, Route 237.)
KARAMBAST— Elev. 7,530b
A mountain village^, 4 miles above Bizarud in Kandiila, Kirmanshah at
the head of the
Banian
Merchant of Indian extraction.
gorge. It is s'tuated at the foot of a lofty bare
and rounded mountain. There is a plentiful stream of wate: and several
springs. _ There are vines and fruit trees, some willows and wainuts some
cultivation round and below the village, and more in the valley running
down from the west. &
The road from Kandula valley to Balisht maBaghcheh pass runs hrou<di
the village. °
A number of goats, sheep and cattle are owned. The grazing is good
on the mountains round.— (Burton.)
KARAMEH—
A village with many gardens on the Qarangi river, a couple of miles
below the Mianeh bridge.— (Schindler.)
KARAN—
A village inhabited by Kurds, Shi’ahs, situated in a valley in he Kir-
manshah district adjoining that of Bilawar, about 35 miles north of Kir
manshah city There is a small mud fort on the end of a spur, overlooking
the valley which latter contains about 30 houses and has a considerable
number of trees and gardens adjoining it. Water from stream,. Sup-
plies . 300 sheep and goats. Good grazing in summer
KARANAD—
A village in Kurdistan a few miles from the Surkh river about half a
mile on the right of the Tabrlz-Sinneh road.— (Morier )
KARANAZ—
Bala and Pain, upper and lower, two villages in Azarbaijan, in the Murd
valley, 9 miles south of Maragheh.— (Schindler.)
KARAND—
to A M«hb ViUa # e i n th ? K t har di3tr:ct c ’ t0 the ,e£t of the road from Tehran
to Meshed and 65 miles from tne ioimei.—(Schindler.)
KARAND RIVER— Vide Karun.
KARANDEH—
A vdlage m Kirmanshah situated in the Bilawar valley about 27 miles
BT]5wn°- f f‘™ ansha J l V 7 ' 1,1 contains abo,lt 15 houses inhabited by
200 Tbeer, KUr n 8 ’ an f d h ?? ^ treeS ’ Cr0ps and cult i™t;ion. Supplies:
200 sheep and goats. Good grazing in summer.— (Faw/te)
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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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