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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [29v] (63/982)
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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50
AHA—AMI
Isfahan. It spans the Ab-i-Bazuft, about 1|- miles west and short of the
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
at Shalll, the 10th caravan stage from Nasiri. The bridge is
' ft ftsat structure, 70 feet in length, supported by solid masonry piers and
a lattice girder, with a steel roadway and concrete flooring, 10 feet in width.
It is adapted to carry an ordinary working load of cwt. per square foot,
or a live load uniformly distributed of 80 tons. It is kept in excellent
order by regularly applied coats of paint. The bridge is laid about 160
feet above the level of the water, which has at most seasons a strong swift
current {vide Ab-i-Bazuft).—(JrMnctf, 1905.)
’AMAREH-
A section of the Ka’b tribe {q.v.).
’AMARIEH, sec SHIBKUH (Ports).
AMBEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, 45 miles from Lingeh, on the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, on the road
to Shiraz by Bastak. Water is procurable from reservoirs and wells. There
are a few date groves here, and a little cultivation.—(Pe%.)
AMBEH KALURI— Lat. 27° 49' N. Long. 55° 8' E. Elev. 2,100'.
A halting-place in Laristan, situated in the desert, 70| miles from Bastak
on the road to Furg.
It has a tank, 16 feet by 12 feet, holding 4 feet of fresh water.— {Vauqhan,
January 1888.)
AMBARAK—Lat. 28° 52' N. Long. 51° 14' E. Elev.
A village in the Tangistan district of Fars, 5 miles west by south of Ahram
on the western side of the Tangistan inland valley. It contains 20 houses,
and there is cultivation of wheat and barley. —{
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
AMD0I —Lat. 29° 9' N. Long. 51° 5' E. Elev.
A village in Fars, 17 miles south-west of Borazjun, 21 miles north-east
of Bflshire.
’AMEH—
A canal branching off from the left bank of the Jarrahi river. The depend
ent population are Saiyids. Fifteen fadddns of cultivation are under irriga-
s tion.— {
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
AMINABAD-Lat. 31° 5' 10" N. Long. 52° 48' 40" E. Elev. 6,130'.
A brick-walled enclosure with buttresses and extensive gardens, 6 miles
south of Abadeh in Northern Fars, on the road to Shiraz.—(IVotfer—
Arbuthnot, 1905.)
AMlNIEH, vide KARUN (River). 3
AMIRABAD (1)— Lat. 30° 9' N. Long. 53° 4' E. Elev. 5,850'.
A small village in the province of Fars, surrounded by extensive gardens
on the post-road, Shiraz to Isfahan, about 2 miles east of Qavvamabad.—
{Arbuthnot, 1905.)
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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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