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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [292r] (588/706)
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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SHULAVAN—
The first river forded between Havir and Karganeh End, on the road
from Astara to Enzali in Gilan. It flows eastwards into the Caspian,—
(Holmes.)
SHUNDASHT see GHUMDASHT.
SHURAB—Lat. 34° 23'4". Elev. 3,080'.
A small village, with a dilapidated caravansarai, 31 miles from KAshan
on the high road to Qum and on the boundary between the two provinces.—
(Schindler.)
SHURCHAH—
A village of 200 houses, population 820, 6 miles from Kangavar on the
road to Daulatabad. Watered by river, which is crossed by a good brick
bridge of six arches, and springs. 80 pairs of plough oxen.— (Preece.)
SHURGUL— Elev. 4,350'.
A village of Azarbaijan, a few miles north-west of Binab, south-east of
Lake Urumieh.— (Gerard.)
SHORUK—
A village in north-western Azarbaijan, 22| miles from Khdl on the road
to Kizil DIz, and about 2 miles south of the road.— (Picot, 1894.)
SHURAKABAD (1)—
A village of 250 houses, to the right of the Tehran-Hamadan road
4 miles north-west of Khanabad, and 56 miles from Tehran.— (Schind
ler.)
SHURUKABAD (2)—
A village of 20 houses in the Jajriid valley, a mile from Galandavak.
Near it is a huge mound.— (Schindler.)
SHUT—
A fine Turkish village of 100 houses, 6 miles from Sufi on the road to
Maku, in north-western Azarbaijan. The villages in this part of the valley
are very prosperous in appearance, hidden in thick clusters of trees and
orchards.— (Picot, 1894.)
SHUTURUNKUH—
A range of mountains on the northern border of Luristan. The Kaman-
dab or Darreh-i-Shiraz rises in this range before passing Shangun.— (Schind
ler.)
SHUTURKUH—
The hills south-west of Kazvin, also called Kuh-i-Girishkln.— (Schind
ler.)
SIABl ’ULIA upper — also SIAH BID— Elev. 4,460'.
Stands on the broad Kirmanshah plain 6 | miles east of the city; 1 mile to
the south runs the main road; 2 i miles north is the slope of the Parau moun
tains. There is much water and the village is surrounded by cultivated
land ; there are a few clumps of willows. Grazing is good, fuel and forage
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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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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