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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎198r] (400/706)

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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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KULKUL VALLEY—Elev. 5,200'.
A fertile and cultivated valley on the left bank of the Zimkan river 3 to
4 miles north-west of Gavarra on the road from Kaleh Zangir. It is well
watered and clear of forest; on it stands the village of Katkhuda Ban belong
ing to the section of Guran Kurds of Yarvi-Sultan.—(Surfon.)
KULMA— _ a
A large village passed at 16f miles from Tehran on the road to Hamadan ;
it lies near the Karaj stream.— {Schindler.)
KULTBUZ—
A village, 22 miles north of Mianduab on the road to Binab, south-east of
Lake Urumieh in Azarbaijan.— {Gerard.)
KULTAPAI—
A small village in Azarbaijan, 2 miles south-east of ’Ajabshlr.
KULUSH KUH—
An easy pass of the Arrarat mountains by which runs a road passable for
carriages from Maku to Erivan.— {Picot, 1894.)
KULVANAK—
A small village in Azarbaijan, 4| miles south-west of Gug&n—{Schindler.)
KUM also called QUM {q.v.).
REMAIN—
A village of 50 houses on a cultivated slope 1 mile to the north of the village
of Kaleh and the property of the Khan of that place ; no trees, but good
grazing and some springs of water which drain into the Gavarra river below
Kaleh.— {Burton.)
KUMALAN—
A village in Kirmanshah in the Bilawar valley, about 27 miles from Kir-
manshah city. It contains about; 10 houses inhabited by Bilawari Kurds ;
has a few trees, some cultivation, and is well watered by a stream ; supplies :
100 sheep and goats.— {Vaughan.)
KUMA HUD—
A stream in Mazandaran joining the Harhaz river from the west. 7£ miles
from Paras, on the road from Amul to Tehran.— {Napier.)
KUMASANG.—See Saumar.
KUMASI.—
A Kurdish tribe residing in the Kurehvaz huluh {q. v.) of Kurdistan.
KUMI—
A village in the Saneh Aland valley, 5 farsalchs from Kogah.—(Jones.)
KUMISHAN—
A village of 40 houses in the Pishkur district a couple of miles north-west
of Khan Hissar and 134 miles from Tehran.—(£cfond7er.)

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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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