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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎172r] (348/706)

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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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KHURR—KHURS
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KHURRAMABlD (No. 2)—Lat. 33° 48' 29"'; Long 49° 42' <d".—{Floijer.)
A village between Khumain and ’Imarat on the road from Isfahan to
Kirmanshah, 148 miles from the former. It is a small and dirty village
of about 40 houses, and has three harnmams, but no caravansarai. The
place is infested with lice. The chief feature of the houses is the “ Kursi ”
which needs an explanation as connected with those loathsome parasites.
In the centre of the chief room a hole is dug, 3' in depth and 2' in diameter.
This is clayed all round and a fire is kept constantly smouldering in it. Over
it is a wooden framework, 3' high and 7' square. On this are piled all the rags,
carpets, clothes, etc., which the family can muster, and round it they squat
all day long with the carpets, etc., drawn over their knees and arms. At
the time of Floyer’s visit in 1876, this village was the property of HajI
Ahmad Husaini of Sultanabad, who owned about 150 other villages as
well.— {Floyer.)
KHURRAMABAD (No. 3)—Lat. 36° 45' 0"; Long. 51° 0' 0".—{Walker.)
A village in Mazandaran, 141 miles north of Tehran. It is a large village,
the capital of the district of Tunukabun. Its houses are scattered through the
thicket. Salmon is abundant here in the Mazar or Sih-Hazar river, which
falls into the Caspian 1 | miles from the village. Post and Persian Govern
ment Telegraph office here.—(NW, Pushchin, Schindler.)
KHURRAMABAD (No. 4)—
A small village of 70 houses, population 320 situated about 18 miles
nearly due south of Sultanabad and north-west of Khumain. One kanat *
32,500 lbs. of grain sown yearly ; 20 looms for weaving carpets.— (Preece ) ' ’
KHURRAMABAD—
For the large town of this name see Volume III. It is in the neutral sphere.
KHURRAMDARREH—Lat. 36° 12 ' 5"; Long. 49° 12'. Kiev. 4 937 '.
A village in the Khamseh district. 51f miles from the town of Kazvin
It is a large village, situated in a valley, in the midst of trees, through which
runs a clear and rapid, but small river fertilising the surrounding country
Around the village on all sides are fruit gardens and fields. Its population is
nearly 3,000 souls, more than 100 families are Saiyids and pay no taxes to
Government; 60 other families are tax-free on account of poverty. A quar
ter of the village is crown property. The yearly taxes amount to 700 ttimdns
(Rs. 2,800) cash and 1,140 cwts, of grain; The village furnishes 100 men to
the Khamseh regiment of infantry.—(Lemm; St. John; Schindler.)
KHURRAMDASHT— ’ ‘ 1
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A village of 100 houses in the Garmsir divison of Kashan, 13 miles south-ea«t
of the city on the high road to Yazd.—{Schindler.)
KHURRAM SHAH—
A village close to Yazd on the southern side.— {Abbott.)
KHURSHlDABAD—
A village of 60 houses, about 61 miles from Tehran on the road to Hamadan
— {Taylor.)

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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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