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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎165v] (335/706)

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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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KHANL—KHANQ
KHlNUMABlD-
A village in Kurdistan, about 38 miles north-west of Kirmanshah and
on the south side of the Ruvansar Juanrud road. It contains from 15 to 20
houses inhabited by Kurds, Sunnis, and is situated on undulating ground.
Two or three large trees close by. Crops and cultivation. Water from a
stream ; firewood from the hills. Supplies : 40 cows, 200 sheep and goats.
KHANLAR KHAN (Turkish for Pers. KHAN-I-KHANAN)—
A pasture on the Lar river in Mazandaran.— {Beresford — Lovett.)
KHANLUQ—
A village, about 22 miles south of Tehran, east of Kinarigird.—
{Schindler.)
KHANOGJA—
A village on the Russo-Persian frontier in the province of Talish on the
road from Astara to Ardabil.— {Thiclmann.)
KHANQAH BALA— Elev. 6,620'.
The uppermost village in the Khanaqah valley, Kirmanshah, 2 miles
below the Khanaqah pass. Stands above the right bank of the stream at
the foot of a bare shaly hill rising steeply behind it. Water is plentiful-:
the banks of the stream are lined with crops of wheat (reaped the end
of July), castor oil, clover and vegetables. Some groves of poplars and
willows.
The village consists of 20 houses of Kurds, who own large numbers of
cattle, sheep and goats. Grazing good on the surrounding mountains;
no fuel but cowdung ; the mountains are quite bare of trees.— {Burton.)
KHANQAH Ml AN— Elev. 6,100'.
Kurdish village of 45 houses in the Khanqah valley, Kirmanshah, 5
miles from the pass at its head. The valley opens out immediately above
the village, the hills becoming lower and then slopes more gently ; there
is a large area of cultivation, chiefly corn, round the village, and a few
groves of willows and poplars : the mountains are quite bare of trees, but
contain grass. The supply of water is plentiful from the stream drain
ing the valley and from auxiliary springs.
1 There are large herds of cattle, sheep and goats : the only fuel obtain
able is cowdung.— {Burton.)
KHANQAH PAIN— Elev. 5,980'.
A grazing village of 35 houses of Kurds in the Khanqah valley, Kir
manshah : lies at the foot of a bare shaly hill above a fair stream of
water the banks of which are cultivated to the width of 100 yards to either
side ’ There are a few groves of willows and poplars, and some fruit trees.
The* hills are bare of trees but grassy ; large numbers of cattle, sheep and
goats are owned.— {Burton.)
KHANQAH PASS— Elev. 7,080'.
At the head of the Siah Darreh, Kirmanshah, is traversed by the road
from Kandula to Sinneh and distant from Basht 5| miles. The ascent
from south is along the faces of shaly, steep hills and very dangerous to

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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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