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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎13v] (31/982)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (487 folios). It was created in 1910. 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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ABI—ABR
still lower level, having worked out a second course. {Report of a journey
through the Bahhtidri Country to Shushtar. — Bell ; Rawlinson ; Schindler ;
Rivadeneyra ; Rabino, 1905.)
AB-I-ZARD—
A river of Khuzistan, which rises in the mountains of Mangasht near the
village Mai Agha, north of the Ram Hormuz plain. Passing through a diffi
cult gorge, it traverses Abul-’Abbas and enters the small plain of Bagh-i-
. Malik, and is here joined by a small stream, which rises near Kaleh-i-Tul.
Leaving this plain, it forces its way through the precipitous range of lime
stone and gypsum hills, and joins the Ab-i-A’la on the plain of Ram Hormuz
near the village of Manjaniq. Its w?»ter is of the most exquisite transparency,
and is celebrated for its purity throughout the country : near the point of
its junction with the Ab-i-A’la are several bitumen springs. This river varies
much in volume ; in April it is a rapid torrent, between 2 and 3 feet deep,
and about 40 yards in breadth ; in the month of May it is said to be often
impassable, but towards autumn it becomes again much diminished. It
is 20 feet wide at Rud Zard, and turns several mills.—(Layard; Wells.)
AB-I-ZAZ, vide AB-I-DIZ—
ABKUZAT—
A river of Khuzistan, crossed by the road from Badrai to Mandali.
It is salt and is said to fall into the river of Mandali.— (Layard.)
aBLEH —Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Bakhtiari mountains, Luristan, on the left bank of the
Halagun river, and about 4 miles north-north-west of Kaleh-i-Tul.
AB MAH—
A hamlet with a small date grove in the district of Fin, situated on the
left bank of stream, 72 miles north-west of Bandar ’Abbas, on the road
to Yazd.— [Galindo, 1888.)
ABNEH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A small village in Pars, situated west of Shiraz. It produces grapes
and is celebrated for its syrups. Wheat and barley are also cultivated
here, but in very small quantities.— {Felly ; Ross.)
AB PUNA— Elev. 7,145'.
A small village, 41 miles from Imamzadeh Isma’il, on the road to Isfahan.
It is surrounded by a high wall, and the houses are full of vermin. Straw
and barley very scarce.— {Bell.)
ABRQCH— Lat. 31° 8' 34" Long. 53° 19' 39". Elev. 5,050'.
A large town of 2,000 houses, the chief town of the Abrquh sub-division of
the Isfahan province of Surmaq. It lies about 35 miles east of Abadeh,
34 miles from Yazd, and 164 miles from Shiraz, in the centre of an oasis
surrounded by a waste. It is governed by a Khan. Water and supplies
of every sort are procurable. Fuel is scarce.
The plain of Abrquh lies, roughly speaking, from north-east to south
west, and is bounded on both sides by mountains. It is 52 miles wide at

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The item is Volume III of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1910 edition).

The volume comprises that portion of south-western Persia, which is bounded on the west by the Turco-Persian frontier; on the north and east by a line drawn through the towns of Khaniqin [Khanikin], Isfahan, Yazd, Kirman, and Bandar Abbas; and on the south by the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The gazetteer includes entries on villages, towns, administrative divisions, districts, provinces, tribes, halting-places, religious sects, mountains, hills, streams, rivers, springs, wells, dams, passes, islands and bays. The entries provide details of latitude, longitude, and elevation for some places, and information on history, communications, agriculture, produce, population, health, water supply, topography, climate, military intelligence, coastal features, ethnography, trade, economy, administration and political matters.

Information sources are provided at the end of each gazetteer entry, in the form of an author or source’s surname, italicised and bracketed.

The volume contains an index map, dated July 1909, on folio 488.

The volume also contains a glossary (folios 481-486).

Compiled in the Division of the Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India.

Printed at the Government Monotype Press, India.

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1 volume (487 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 489; 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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