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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [349v] (703/706)
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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GLOSSARY
TOM—ZUH
xiv
TOMAN
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
f —Literally, 10,000. A^coin varying in value. A silver tuman is
TUMAN i worth about 3s. id. A gold Tuman (rare) about 7s. id.
TUT—Mulberry.
U.
UZUN—Long (Turkish).
V.
VAKIL
Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator.
WAKlL
VAZlR
WAZlR
—An agent, advocate, deputy,
—Minister, assistant.
W.
non-commissioned officer.
WALT —Possessor, saint; hence Wali-’Ahd, “ Possessor of the covenant ,
heir-apparent; from the custom of designating a successor, to whom
allegiance was sworn during his father’s lifetime.
WALI —Governor of a Wilayat or province.
WAND—A termination, signifying “ possessing ”=Mand.
Y.
YAK—One, single.
YAKH—Ice, or cold.
Y AW Alt—Major (of European origin, evidently).
X vr 1 —God, the eternal Being.
YaZDAN J
z.
ZADEH—Born, offspring, child; hence Shahzadeh—P rince.
1 —Ornament, adornment.
ZINAT )
ZAMBURAK—Literally “ A little wasp ”, a small gun carried on a camel.
ZANG —Inhabitants of Zanzibar ; hence negroes, slaves, Often found
ZANJ > in composition having been the surname of the ruling family in
ZANGI.) Ears at one period.
ZAR—Place (in composition), bed; hence Naizar, “ Reed-bed ”, name of
a great swamp in Sistan.
ZARD—Yellow, pale.
ZARIN—Golden, from Zar, gold.
ZlARAT— Pilgrimage ; a place of pilgrims=M azar (q.v.).
ZILL—Shadow ; hence Zill-us-Sultan, ‘ ‘ The shadow of the sovereign ’ ’;
a title of princes in Persia.
ZIR—Under, below.
ZUHAK—Proper name. The usurper of the Persian throne, overcome by
Farldun.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (349 folios)
- Arrangement
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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