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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [198v] (401/706)
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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534
KUM—KUK
KUMRACHi—Elev. 4,700'.
A large village to the west of the road 5 miles north-east of Sauj Bulagh to
Mianduab in south-west Azarbaijan.— {Gerard.)
KUND—
Lower and upper, two small villages on the Kund river, which runs past
Galandavak into the Jajrud. Lower Kund is about two miles from Galan-
davak, upper Kund | mile further.— {Schindler.)
KUNDUR RUD—
A village in Azarbaijan 11 miles from Tabriz on the road thence to Tehran
{Schindler.) f
KUPURCHAL (1)—Lat. 37° 31' 0*; Long. 49° 16' 0".—{St. John.)
A small village in the district of Talish (Gilan), about 12 miles west of
Enzali, and the last village in Talish.—-(#oZmes.)
KUPURCHAL (2)—
A village in Mazandaran 4 miles from Barfarush on the way to Sari —
(Napier.)
KUR—
A river in Azarbaijan, bordering the Mughan plain (q. ik).
KURAICHEH—
A stream of good water which is crossed by the road from Ramadan to
Kirmanshah close to Zagheh by means of a masonry bridge (Inzar Gul)
KURAIM—Elev. 5,400.
A village in Azarbaijan, on the left bank of the Kara Su
due south of Ardabil; it consists of 200 houses.—( Petermann’s
KURAKI—
about 20 miles
M iltheilungen .)
See Sharaf baini.
KURAMAN—
A large vdlage of north-east Azarbaijan, six stages south-east of Ahar c
the road to Ardabil, eight stages distant. It has a fine stream
KURAND.—Elev. 8,600'. '
A pasture-ground east of Chashmeh and of the Khing plateau. Shepherc
aravatb“S d ) CarryaWaytheCr0pt0 Afews^
KURANGA—
A village of northern Kurdistan, near the road from Khalisi^r to
Bulagh, east by north-east of the former and 3 miles distant —(Gerard )
KURANJIR— ^erara.j
A lofty, bare and rocky mountain standing on the right bank of tTi* -
nver some 10 miles below Gavarra ; it rise" to aboT^OoS feet ab-fth
nver valley. Is bare of trees; the upper peaks are precip.tous!-(tX,.)
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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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- 'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:350v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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