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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎14r] (32/982)

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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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its narrowest point. The plain is a dreary, sandy waste, with here and there
patches of salt. The villages of Isfinabad, Mihrabad and Shiraz lie on its
western border. Near Abrqfih and to the east of 9 it is a line of black, jagged
hills, rising abruptly from the plain and crowned with ruins of some size,
amongst which a dome, called Gumbad-i-’Ali, is particularly conspicuous.
Abrquh was the place of assembly of the adherents of Lutf ’All Khan
Zand before the last attack of that Chief on Shiraz in 1793.— (Felly;
Malcolm ; Browne, 1888 ; Vaughan, 1891; Arbuthnot, 1905. )
ABTAF— Elev. 4,270'.
A pass over the Chinareh range in Luristan, about 30 miles from Khurram-
abad, on the road to Deh Bala. It is an open and stony saddle, and the
ascent is not difficult. From it, a path diverges north-north-west to Alishtar.
Two miles beyond and below the pass are the springs of Abtaf. Here are
abundant water, wood, forage, camp room on adjacent spurs, but no
supplies.— (Burton, September 1897.)
Ab tursak—
A river of Khuzistan, crossed by the road from Badrai to Mandali. It is
said to fall into the river of Mandali.— (Layard.)
ABU ALAIQ (Village), vide JARRAHI (River).
ABU ’AMUD—
A village on the river Shatait (g.v.).
ABU BASHA (?)— Lat. 32° 7' N. Long. 42° 33' E. Elev.
An old tomb on the river Dizful in Khuzistan, 5 miles above which is the
highest point attained on that river by Lieutenant Selby in the steamer
Euphrates. That officer, however, was of opinion that wich a more power
ful vessel this river could be navigated higher.— (Selby ; Layard.)
’ABUDEH—
A division of the Bani Hardan tribe (g. v.).
’ABUDI (Canal)—
A branch from the left bank of the Fallahieh canal in Southern
’Arabistan, about 1 mile above Fallahieh town.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer,
1908.)
ABU DIBBIS (1), vide KAREN (River).
ABU DIBBIS (2)— Lat. 31° 15' 50" N. Long. 48° 40' E. Elev.
An island in the river Karun, 2 miles below the village of the same
name.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
ABU DUBAI AN (Village), vide JARRAHI (River).
ABU HAMREH—
A division of the Ha maid tribe (q. v. ).
ABE KAIB, vide KEHAK.
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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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