'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [226r] (456/706)
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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MIHRJlN—
4 - 1 ,^ V ^jjP division of the Samnan dif.triet situated in
the middle of the plain surrounded on all sides by waste, there being no
villages near than 14 miles on the west; to the north and east there are
none for 100 miles. It is a miserable place of a hundred houses, with an old
tumbledown fort, and many date-trees. The water is indifferent, and
supplies are not readily procurable ; it owes its only importance to the
tact of its being the last village to the north and east before coming into the
desert.—( MacGregor.)
MIHRJANLU—
A village in Azerbaijan, 22 miles from Tabriz, on the right of the road
thence to Maragheh.— {Schindler.)
MIK—
Sutaim"S-(“ riCt ° f KUrdi8tin ’ ° n thetoad fr° m Sinneh to
MIKHSAZ— Lat. 36° 18'; Long. 51° 31'; Elev. 5,500'.
A village m the Largan Valley, Mazandaran. Well watered by copious
streams from the huge mountain to the south.—-(Louett.) ^ ‘
MIKRI—and MUKRl.
A tnbe of Kurds who inhabit the south portion of the province of Azar-
baijan, extending east and north-east of Sauj Bulagh and trenerallv
east and west oi the Jaghatu Valley, the extent of theil countfy bine
some 40 rmles by 50. The Mikris may now be classed as a sedentlrf
tnbf, ‘tough in summer they move out of their villages and pitch their
tents on the hill sides, or on the outskirts of their villager
They are supposed to furnish a contingent of nominally 200 horse fir-
Esh WO Th th t* ha ^\y ove “t, but practically they only
4 -u c ui 1 ? 0 ' C0U d P robabl y P ut from 1,500 to 2,000 horsemen into
fie ^ d ; ] but Sun ^ s d despising their Shi’ah Governors, it is doubt
ful whether they would show any enthusiasm in supporting the Central
Government, and without a doubt, in the event of Russia invading
Azarba^an,[a very small inducement wouid prevent them falling into linf
with the Persians, and a little management and playing on their cupiditv
auxiliaries !* 18 ^ W ° Uld B0 ° n C ° nVert the “ into ver y u,Jeful
wowf yere f0rme , rl7 Ter7 ‘’S 11117 te5:ed ’ but without a doubt they have
ong spear held well m front—as really superb, and adds : “The Cossack
had no chance against the Mikri horsemen in the last Russian Wal- on one
™V n f artIcuIa 1 r ’ i he Mlkr i» chased the whole Russian Cavalry from
. rt f ? e . d ' , Amon | tbe Mikris the condition of the peasantry is far superioi
o then- state under the direct administration of the Government ? The
lfihaB are obIlged m thelt 0WXi interests to cherish and protect the peasintr/
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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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