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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [24r] (52/982)
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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1892.)
ALB-ALI
39
AL Bt TABAIKT—
A section of the Ka’b tribe (q.v.).
AL BU ’UBAID—
A section of the Ka’b tribe (q.v.).
AL BU WARRAO—
A division of the Salamat tribe (q.v.).
AL BU ZAMBUR—
A section of the Ka’b tribe (q.v.).
AL HAYl—
A division of the Bait Said tribe (q.v.).
ALHINDAH (?)— Lat. 26°48 , N. Long. 53° 12'E. Elev.
A village in the centre valley of the island of Shaikh Shu’aib, Persian
Gulf. It contains 30 to 50 men.— (Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
ALHUMISM—
A tribe of Khuzistan, whose lands are separated from those of the Per
sian tribe of Alibakard by a stream at the village of Deh-i-Yar,
flowing through the Ram Hormuz plain.^— (Jones.)
’ALlABAD (1)— Lat. 31° 1'40" N. Long. 53° 21'40" E. Elev.
A village in Ears, 156 miles from Shiraz, on the road to Yazd. It has a
small fort and some gardens, and there are some other villages in the
vicinity, but beyond is desert. Water is procured from springs. This is
probably identical with the Aliabad which forms one of the twenty villages
of the Kam-Firuz plain, south-west of Iqlid.— (Petty — Durand.)
’ALlABAD (2)—Lat. 28° 27' N. Long. 53° 9' E. Elev.
A village of Pars, 12 miles from Mubarakabad on the road from Darab
to Firuzabad.— (Abbott.)
’ALlABAD (3)—Lat. 31° 39'. Long. 53° 53'. Elev.
A village in the Yazd district, 38 miles south-west of Yazd town on the
western road to Shiraz, across the Abrquh desert. It is situated in the
PishKuh sub-division of Yazd in a valley completely encircled by
hills, at the foot of snow-covered mountains. The village contains 250
houses of stone and mud, generally dome-roofed, and is surrounded by cul
tivation. The river bed forms the main street of the village. In the valley
to the north many plantations and villages are to be found. Water here
is plentiful, but supplies and fuel are scarce. The village is said to have a
pleasant climate in summei— (Jones—MacGregor—Newcomen , 1905.)
ALlABAD (4)—Lat. 29° 59' N. Long. 50° 46' E. Elev.
A newly built fort in Ears, 121 miles west of Khansar on the road to
Shiraz. It contains a number of good rooms and open spaces.—(Preece,
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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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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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