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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [255r] (514/706)
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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QIS—QIZ
497
it. The lower half of it is called the Qishlaq river. It is crossed near the
village by a bridge, which Khusrau Khan Vail, father of Aman Ullah Khan
(1), built in 1182 (1768) and Muhammad Riza Khan Vazir and Hasan ’Ali
Khan Garusi Amir Nizam repaired in 1268 (1852) and 1309 (1902).
QISHLAQ (3)—
A village in Azarbaijan, on the road from Bunab to Mianduab, and 8
miles from the former place.— (Schindler.)
QISHLAQ (4)—
A village in the Dehkharqan district, Azarbaijan, 1 mile south of Gugan.
(Schindler.)
QISHLAQ (5)—
A village in north-western Azarbaijan, about 10 miles north of Kho 1
near the road to Kizil Dizeh. (Picot, 1694.)
QISHLAQ (6)—
A village on the eastern slopes of the Qanli Dagh, north-east of Hamadan.
(Schindler.)
QISHLAQ (7)—Elev. 7,100'.
A village, 81 miles from Hamadan on the road to Burujird via Daulatabad.
— (Schindler.)
QISHLAQ (8)-
A village in the Khamseh district, north-west of Kazvm. It is a walled
zillage.— (Stuart.)
QISHLAQ (9)—
A village in the Kazvin district, halfway between Mazr’ahand Isma il-
abad on the highroad from Kazvin to Rasht. (Schindler.)
QISHLAQ (10)—Elev. 3,94°'.
A village in the Kazvin district, 28| miles from Kazvin.
The new post-road passes this village a couple of miles to the north and the
Qishlaq post-house lies 2-|-miles north-east of the village at an elevation of
4,150'. There used to be a roy> 4 pleasure-house here consisting of a few rooms
only. Good water.— (Schindler.)
QISHLAQ ISKANDAR—
Stands on the right bank of the Gavarra river 10 miles from its
tion with the Qishlaq. Faki Sulaiman lies 1| miles down stream. The
Kirmanshah-Sinneh road fords the Gavarra Mow the village. Grazing
good in the Gavarra v rlley. Corn (out in the end of July) and some patche.
of various vegetables. Some cattle and sheep.—(Burton.)
QIZ KALEH KUH— '
The eastern end of the Shutur Kuh, south-west of Kazvm and west of
Siahdahan.— (Schindler.)
QIZ KALEHSl— - .
A little village 6 miles from Mianeh on the road thence to Tabriz.
(Schindler.)
C300GSB
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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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