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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎230r] (464/706)

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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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MUI—MUL
447
MUINAH—
A villao-e of 60 houses, Kurds, in the Sinneh valley, adjacent to the village
of Sinneh. Two or 3 miles below runs the Kirmanshah-Sinneh road.
The Gavarra river is distant 5 miles and below, flows into the Qishlaq
stream. Water and^ grazing good, and abundant. Timber and fruit trees
round village; also" cultivation; cattle and sheep are owned in fair
numbers— {Burton.)
MUJAMBAR— Lat. 38° 22' 10"; Long. 46° 16' 40"; Blew 5,480'.
A village of 100 houses (91 inhabited by Armenians), 23J miles from Tabriz
by the road via Sohrul.— {Schindler.)
MUJARRAD—
A halting-place, with no houses, on the road from Samnan to Tabas, 114
miles from the former.—(Berner.)
MUJASH—
Stands on and round an ancient mound amidst gardens, vineyards and
large plantations of trees 5 miles below Kaila Guian (Persian Kurdistan).
The water-supply is abundant from springs, and below runs the stream
draining the valley. Cultivation spreads to either hand to the slopes of the
mountains, here distant one mile. ,
There is room for camping ; good grazing both in valley and mountains ;
cow-dung fuel only.— {Burton.)
MAJID AB AD—
A village, 26 miles east of Qum, on the road to Sultan by Sagiabad.—
{Jukes.)
MUKALLA—
A village not far from Bijar, in the district of Garus, on the route from
Tabriz to^Kirmanshah : the road through this village turns the pass called
Gardan-i-Alakabut.— {N a'pier.)
MULAN—
A village in Azarbaijan, 20 miles south of the Bridge of Khuda Afarin, over
the Aras and on the road to Ahar. The north approach to this village is
both difficult and dangerous. A stream of water runs through \t.~{Mignon.)
MULANABAD—
A villa"e of 60 houses in the Khurkhureh huluk of Kurdistan, about
54 miles north-west of Sinandij. Its inhabitants are descendants of Shaikh
Hasan whose grave is under a domed building and much resorted to
by pilgrims. Close to the Shaikh’s grave is that of his mother, and people
first pray at her grave and then go to his, which, as the legend says, is in
accordance with his will {Schindler, 1902.)
MULARUD— Lat. 37° 45' 0"; Long. 49° 12'.
A mountain stream in Gilan, which falls into the Caspian about 17 miles
north of Enzall. There is a considerable salmon fishery at its mouth.
Also a village at the mouth of the stream onits left bank —{Monteith ;
St. John.)

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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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