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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎156r] (316/706)

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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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KARAT—KARAZ
299
KARA TAPPEH (1)—Elev.3,000'.
A large village in north-western Azarhaijan 24 miles from Zakirlu, on
the Aras, on the road to Maku. There is good accommodation here for
man and beast.— (Picot.)
KARA TAPPEH (2)—
A small -village in Azarbaljan, 14 miles south-west of Tabriz.— (Schindler.)
KARA TAPPEH (3)—
A village in Mazandaran situated 3 miles from the extreme west
corner of the Astrabad Bay, and 6 miles from Ashraf, on the road
to Barfarush. It derives its name from a black hill, or mound, round
which the village is built precisely in the manner of an old Gabr
village, and has a very curious appearance. The houses are all slight
structures of wood reeds, and straw, except one edifice of bricks at the top ;
one side of this is peopled by Persians, the other by 125 to 150 Ghilzai
Afghan families brought here by Nadir Shah—for what particular object
is unknown.
The inhabitants of this village cultivate rice, barley, and wheat, and
their fields are neatly kept and enclosed by good hedges. Bread is commonly
used by them, but the wheat crop sometimes fails and it is then very scarce.
The people complain that this place is unhealthy in summer, and that the
stream with which Kara-Tappeh is supplied with water being at that time
small, it becomes strongly impregnated with the salt of the soil. In winter
and in spring the current is quicker and, being also more abundant, the un
pleasant taste of the minerals is hardly perceptible. The inhabitants of
Kara-Tappeh trade with the Turkoman coast, owning six or eight large
boats, and have also dealings with the Russians, whom they provide with
live-stock wheat, etc .—(Vamhery ; Holmes ; Ouseley.)
KARATIKAN—
A village in the Kazvin district. It lies in the Jamalabad plain, on the
left bank of the Shahrud, and a little west of the Loshan bridge on the
road to Rasht.— (Schindler.)
KARAVAKH— Elev. 2,720'.
A village in north-western Azarbaljan, about half way between Maku
and Arab on the Aras. The road by this route is over a country much
cut up by the lava outcrop and the longer route by Kara-Tappeh is easier.
—(Picot, 1894.)
KARA ZAMfN—
A large village, 2| miles north of Sufi, in north-western Azarbaljan.—-
(Picot, 1894.)
KARAZlADlN— Elev. 2,920'.
The valley is separated from that of Khdi by a high range, over which
a rough carriage r* ad passes. The valley is about 10 miles long by 6 wide,
is well watered by the Aq Chai and possesses several large villages, some
of Which number 600 houses. The land is rich and produces excellent
crops. It is separated from the Aras valley on the north by a low water

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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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