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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [233r] (470/706)
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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NAKHCHl V AN—
A Russian town a fow milos north of the Azarbaijan frontier and north
west of the Julfa ferry across the Aras. It is the first Russian cantonment
reached going from Marand to Erivan.
It lies in a bleak barren country, intersected with stony ravines and
crossed by spurs from the mountains in the z&st—{MacGregor.)
NAKHUDA— , ' , .
A village in the Sulduz district of Azarbaijan, situated at the foot of
an immense artificial mound, upon which is a quadrangular fort, with
eight bastions, the strong place of the district and the residence of the
chief of the Kara-papak tribe, in whose hands the district of Sulduz is.—
{Rawlinson.)
NALBAR— . .
A small stream crossed by a drawbridge, just before entering Qum from
the direction of Saveh.— {Abbott.)
N’AL-SHIKAN PASS. Vide Chahar-Zabar.
Villages of the district of Namin are :—
Namin, Dudaran, Khanaqah Bala and pain, Nudoh, Khas hiran, Julaka-
ran, Sula, Kanazeh, Jagarkandeh, Nuadi, Yangijeh, Nunehkaran, Kara-
chenagh, Kalehsar, Niyargh, Suhan, Haur, Sagizchi, Raz, Minabar, Jaid,
Mizranak, Kilash, Aminjan, Pilohrud, Surunj, Tappeh, Nuvachenagh,
• Akhmaz, to which should be added the villages occupied by the Surkhanlu.
{Rabino, 1910.)
NAMAK-RUD SAR—
A stream in Mazandaran flowing northwards into the Caspian Sea It
is crossed a few miles east of ’Abbasabad on the road to Amul.— {Holmes.)
N’AMATABAD (1)— Elev. 3,765'.
A village of 65 houses, 5 miles from Tehran on the road to Hamadan.
Large gardens, abundant water. The village was bought in 1873 by
the late Sipah Salar for £5,^00.—{Schindler.)
N’AMATABAD (2)—Elev. 5,340'.
A village 10| miles from Tabriz on the Basminj river, to the left of the road
to Tehran. The Russian Consulate-General of Tabriz has its head summer
quarters there.— {Schindler.)
N’AMIAVAND—
The names of 2 villages in Kirmanshah situated on the Mahidasht plain
about 23 miles west of Kirmanshah city ; they contain in all from 30 to
40 houses inhabited by Zanganeh Kurds. No trees ; good grazing ; crops and
cultivation ; supplies : 100 cows, 600 sheep and goats ; water from wells.—
{Vaughan.)
NAMlN—
A village in Azarbaijan, 15 miles north-east of Ardabil. It is situat
ed in a ravine descending from Mount Shindan to the north-east, and is
the residence of the Chief of Velkhi, Astara, and Ujarud. There is abun
dance of water here. It is a very pretty village situated in a small valley
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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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