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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎347v] (699/706)

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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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GLOSSARY
MUJ—NUS
MUJTAHID—A title of the hierarchy in Persia 3 .meaning “ an endeavourer ”
(to find interpretation of the Kuran).
-A title of the priesthood or learned men in Persia, eq’iivalent
to our “doctor”; literally, “master ’, or “slave
MULLA
MAULA
MAULYl,
MU’MIN Believer, hence AmIr-al-Mu’mInIn, “ Commander of the Faithful
MURlB— Desired, sought. A proper name.
MURID—Disciple.
MURGH—Bird, fowl, cock.
MUSALLA—A sacred spot, an oratory.
MUSTAUFI—Literally “ A satisfier of demands ” ; generally applied to financial
ministers.
MU’TAM AD—“Relied on”, a title in Persia; as, Mu’tamad-ul-Mulk, “The
trusted of the state ”.
MUZAFFAR—Victorious, a proper name; particularly a surname or epithet of
the family or Atabegs or Atabahs of Fars.
.N.
NADIR— Rare. A proper name.
NAHR—River, canal.
NAI—Reed, cane.
NAIB—Deputy, bcum tenens, viceroy, lieutenant.
NATM— Blessed, favoured ; hence Na’imabad.
NAJAF—The name of the burial place of ’All, the demi-god of the Shl’ahs.
Often esed in composition, as Najafabad.
NAJWEH—Shoal (in Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ).
NAQQAREH—A kettle-drum, martial music.
NAQD—Coin, ready money.
NAQSH—Picture, impression, sculpture.
NAKHL—Palm-tree (or trees); hence Nakhlistan, a date plantation.
N’AL—Horse-shoe, sandal.
NAMAK—Salt.
NARM—Soft.
NASHI—Local name for a North-easter in Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
NASR—Assistant, aid, viceroy ; hence Nasir, aider, forming part of the name
of the reigning Shah of Persia,Nasir-ud-din, “Aider of the faith also
Mansur, aided, victorious. All these are much used in composition, as,
Nasirabad.
NAZIR—Overseer, Minister^
NlK—Good, fortunate.
NlM
NlMEH
j—Half.
NIZAM—Literally “ order”, a term applied to regular soldiery in Turkey and
Iran.
NU—New ; hence, NURUZ, New Year’s Day,
NtJR—Light, brightness.
NUSH—Draught, drinking (in position).

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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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