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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎339v] (683/706)

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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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ZIMKAN
666
ZIMKAN or ZAMKAN—
A river of western Kurdistan forded 30 miles west of Kirmanshah, on the
road to Gavarra and Karind, the road pursues its banks for some distance.
Its wa ter is unwholesome.
Valley from Gavarra for 10 miles bare of trees to the east; to the hills
on west remains of oak forest: from there deep-cut valley through steep
and wooded mountains : broad and stony bed with winding channel and
various streams : occasionally steep gorges : level plateaux frequent. Cur
rent becomes strong and bed rough with boulders. _ x ^ ^
1. Where crossed by road from Zalan camp to Zimkan camp of Kadar
Beg, a rapid stream of whitish water 15 yards by 18 inches : pebbly and
stony bottom ; forms runs and pools : low banks and broad and changing
bed : level plateau. Hills steep and wooded. .
2. At Gavarra a clear and rapid stream 10 yards by 12 inches forming
small pools : firm banks, deep cut in parts : gravel bed : banks above town
lined with vineyards, and gardens, the valley being narrow and ravme-like :
below spreads into cultivated plateau lined with gardens and groves.
Marches from Gavarra to the Shirwan are as follows along the river bank,
said to be 10 to 12 miles each :—
Camp of Mana Khan Sultan, Cham-i-Lusha.
Bagh ’Ali Sultan, Sarawan.
Bawa Kusai. Bard-i-Zangir. _
Darmarani. ^ hami-i-Shirwan.
(James; Burton.)
ZIMKAN CAMP (QADIB BEG)— Elev. 4,920'.
A camp of Kurdish H ats of the Guran tribe standing on the left bank of
the Zimkan river about 35 miles below Gavarra. There are 80 huts of the
usual construction of screens, etc., roofed with boughs, standing on a level
plateau : on either bank above and below is some cultivated land. The
mountains on the left bank come steeply down, those on the right more gently,
both are clothed with grass and thick oak forest. The Zimkan river is here
a rapid stream of whitish water 15 yards wide by a fooc deep, forming runs
and pools : with its bed and elevated plateau the valley is some 300 yards
wide the river winding from side to side. The road from Juanrud over the
Ahwkra pass here descends to the valley, which is also traversed by a road
from Gavarra to the Shirwan junction. ' _ .
Thwe is camp room, and supplies are obtainable in summer : wood and
forage abundant. Large numbers of sheep and goats are pastured on the
mountains. The village is inhabited by part of the tribe of ’Ali Sultan,
who lives at Kaleh Zangir under the mountain of the same name. The
people goto Zuhab for the winter.—(Burton.)
Affluents, Right Bank.
Simani valley stream.
Halur river.
Lusha „
Zalan ,,
Affluents, Left Bank.
Kulkul stream.
Barasha ,,
Shewi „
Kaleh Zangir „
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. .
Halabja.—

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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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