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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [24v] (53/982)
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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ALI-ALI
•ALllBiD (No. 5)— Lat. 29° 51' N. Long. 53° 15' E. Elev.
One of two villages in Ears, situated in the western mouth of the valley
which forms the boundary between the districts of Marvdasht and
Arsinjan.— (Preece, 1892.)
•ALlABAD (6)—Lat. 29° 53'N. Long. 5l°47'E. Elev.
A village in Ears, some 19 miles west by south of Pul-i-Murd on the road
from Behbehan to Shiraz. It is a camp of some 30 tents of the Mamasannis
who own some sheep and goats, but possess little grain.—(tfopih'ns, 1903.)
•ALIAbAD (7)—Lat. '4 Long. Elev.
A village in the Marvdasht plain of Ears on the west of the Shlraz-
Isfahan post road, and about 34 miles north-north-east of Shiraz. It is a
square, walled village, the sides measuring 200 yards.— (Hopkins, 1903.)
'ALlABAD (8)—Lat. 30° 49' N. Long. 52° 39' E. Elev. 8,020'.
A small mud fort in Ears, 20 miles by road south-west of Iqlid, and
between that town and Asupas. It is inhabited by 40 or 50 Bakhtiari.
Plentiful water is obtainable from a fresh water stream. The plain here
in every direction, is covered with camps of the Qashqais, whose herds of
cattle, horses, goats, asses and sheep, wander literally in many thousand
over the plain, on the lower portions of which vast chamans of excellent
grass stretch for many miles. Firewood is scarce in this vicinity, but there
is a good camping-ground.— (Vaughan, 1891.)
’ALlABAD (9)— Lat. 30° 1' 30" N. Long. 62° 22' E Elev.
A village in Ears, belonging to the haluk of KamFiruz (q.v.).—(Durand.)
•ALlABAD (10)—Lat. 28° 42' N. Long. 55° 4' E Elev. 2,221'
A village in Laristan, 21 miles from Lar, on the road to Bandar ’Abbas.
The houses of mud and stone, with flat roofs, open inwards and form the
sides of a large, square compound. A big gate-way, surrounded by a lofty
tower, gives access to the village. Immediately to the south of this village
fort is a large pond, through which good, sweet water flows in from a ditch
on the western side, and out to the east by a similar ditch. There is also
a cdravanserai, rather dilapidated and dirty, with but one upper room, all
the others being on the basement.
The population is about 300. There is very little cultivation in the
vicinity, but the grazing is good, and there is a moderate quantity of fuel.
The water-supply is plentiful and good—(Butcher, April 1888.)
•ALlABAD (11)—Lat. 30° 25' N. Long. 56° 4' E. Elev.
A village in Kirman, 3| miles from Bahramabad, on the road to Kir-
man.— (Wood, 1899.)
•ALlABAD (12)—Lat. 28° 37' N. Long. 55° 5(y E. Elev.
A village near Gishku in Kirman, 140 miles from Kirman, 110 from
Bandar ’Abbas, 280 from Yazd. There is a large round tower here and
gome huts.— (Keith — Abbott.)
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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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