Skip to item: of 706
Information about this record Back to top
Open in Universal viewer
Open in Mirador IIIF viewer

'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎160v] (325/706)

This item is part of

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. .

Transcription

This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.

Apply page layout

308
KASH—KASL
KlSHANTtf—
A village of fifty houses, l mile to the left of the Tabriz-Kirmanshah
road, at about 25 miles from the latter.— (Napier.)
KlSHAVAR—
A large village in the Sain Kaleh district of Azarbaljan. It lies 14|
miles north of Sain Kaleh village and has 100 houses, with a ruined mud
fort on mound.— (W. 0. Report on Persia, Part II, Route 242. — Rawlinson.)
KASHI—
A village, 5 miles south of Hamadan ; near it rises the Ab-i-Kashi (q. v.).
■ — (Schindler.)
KASHKA—
A range of hills in Azarbaljan between Ahar and Qishlaq, and about 4
miles to the right of the road to Rasht via Ardabil.— (Holmes; Todd.)
KASHKAI— , , ' * ^ ^
One of the four clans of the Jaf Kurds, found on both sides of the fron
tier.— (Gerard.)
KASHI DAGHA— t .
A stream in Azarbaijan, crossed about 10 miles south-east of Urumieh.
(Gerard.)
KASI GARAN— , , « t £ ^ ^
A village of Kirmanshah, inhabited by the Siah clan of the Kalhur tribe.
— (Plowden.)
KASINLI- , , TT i - • a t,-- /tj/ n
A village in a ravine to the north of Ushnu m Azarbaijan. (W. V.
Report on Persia, Part II, Route 224.)
KASKHAMI— , 7 ^ 7 0 ^ .
A village in Kurdistan at the north foot of the Kuchak bafld Kuh m a
fertile valley watered by streams ; it contains from 40 to 50 houses of
Kuliai Kurds, Bhi’ahs, and there are several plantations, chiefly of willow
trees, in the vicinity ; also fruit gardens a little further off. Good grazing
in spring and summer. Supplies : 700 sheep and goats and a few don
keys. There is a certain amount of wheat grown ; troops could camp on
the slopes and low spurs, and along the valley in its immediate vicinity,
but the ground is uneven ; elevation 6,800 feet. It is 58 miles by road
from Sinneh and 56 from Kirmanshah.— (Vaughan.)
• 0
^^A^illage in the Mahall-i-Isfandabad of Kurdistan. It has about a hun
dred houses • a good deal of grain is grown about (Napier.)
KASLIYAN— _ , . , . .
A village in the Savadkuh district of Mazandaran, situated m the moun
tains, about 10 miles north of Fulad Muhalleh, and 20 miles from Sirgah. It
has a considerable quantity of cleared ground about it.— (Baker.)
KASMA-BAZAR—
(Every Wednesday). The place is also called Chaharshabmeh (N ednesday)
Bazar. It is situated 10 miles west of Rasht. The place had 400 houses
in 1780 (Suwarofs notes, 1780).

About this item

Content

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.

Extent and format
1 volume (349 folios)
Arrangement

The volume contains a list of authorities (folio 6) and a glossary (folios 343-349).

Physical characteristics

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.

Written in
English in Latin script
View the complete information for this record

Use and share this item

Share this item
Cite this item in your research

'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎160v] (325/706), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/3/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100034644543.0x00007e> [accessed 29 March 2024]

Link to this item
Embed this item

Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.

<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100034644543.0x00007e">'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [&lrm;160v] (325/706)</a>
<a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100034644543.0x00007e">
	<img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100025472757.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_3_1_0325.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
IIIF details

This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100025472757.0x000001/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images

Use and reuse
Download this image