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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [202v] (409/706)
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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392
KUR-KUS
KURRKIRIK—
A permanent stream in Gandumban {q.v.) rising in Pushta between the
two ranges forming Bazi Daraz, and flowing into the Hudera, thence
to the Hulvan.— {Soane, 1912.)
KURTABAD—
A small village of north-east Azarbaijan, 8 miles east of Ardabil, on the
road to Kazvm.— {Holmes.)
KURTAWI—
A village in Kirmanshah, about 26 miles north-north-east of Kirman
shah city in the valley of the Bizarud. It contains about 10 hous es inhab
ited by Jafs; no trees. Water from the river close by ; the village is on
its right bank ; some crops and cultivation ; supplies : 50 cows, 150 sheep
and goats.— {Vaughan.)
KURTBEGLU—
A tribe of Khamseh (q. v.).
KURUK—
A permanent stream in the northern end of Gllan, rising in Pushta
between the two ranges of Bazi Daraz and flowing into the Ab-i-Gilan and
thence to the Hulvan.— {Soane, 1912.)
KUSHEH-BIAK—
A village close to Yazd on south-west side.— {Abbott.)
KUSHEH TAPPER—
A mound on the west of the road from Hamadan to Kangavar 12J miles
from the latter.— {Taylor.)
A ruined village in the Kaltappeh district, on the Tehran-Hamadan road
90 miles from Tehran.— {Schindler.)
KUSH GAUCHA—
A small district south-west of Damavand.— {Lovett.)
KUSHK—
A long village backed by gardens, some 9 miles from the outskirts of Isfa
han. The road passes between walled gardens ; walls of mud 8 feet high
much wheat is grown in the plain.—(M, 1884.)
KUSHKAK RUD—
A caravansarai, on the road between Qum Saveh and Kazvin, to the
right of the Tehran-Hamadan road, between Khanabad and Kushkak ■
{Schindler.)
KUSHKAK—Elev. 5,263'. Population 150,200 ; 30 or 40 houses.
The third post-house i om Tehran, on the Hamadan road, 78 miles
lehran ; good water.— {Schindler.)
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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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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