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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [41r] (86/982)
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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’ASKARl (1)— Lat. 29° 16' N. Long. 50° 23' E. Elev.
A village in the Zaidan plain in the district of the same name in Behbehan
province, on the right bank of the river Hindian. It is situated £ a mile
north-west of the junction of the Khairabad and Shulistan streams.
It contains 40 houses inhabited by Kurwais, a tribe from the Kuhgalu
country. The people are cultivators and own 2,000 sheep.— {
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
’ASKARl (2)— Lat. 29° 10' N. Long. 50° 54' E. EleV.
A village in the Rudhilleh district of Ears, on the left bank of the
RudhilL h stream, 12 miles from the sea. It contains 60. houses of ’Arabs
who are said to be immigrants from Fallahieh. They cultivate wheat,
barley and some dates. The river is crossed here by a ford to Kaleh
Sirhan, 3' 6" deep with a firm bottom. The stream is sluggish and about
100 yards wide. There are 10 horses, 10 mules, 80 donkeys, 50 cattle and
200 sheep and goats.— {Felly — Bell—Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
’ ASKAR-I-MUKRAM, vide BAND-I-QIR.
ASMANABAD (1)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Luristan, between Chehar DIvar and Zasnak, on the Dizful-
Zuhab road.— {Rawlinson.)
ASMANABAD (2)— Lat. 33° 50' N. Long. 46° 25' E.
A valley in Kirmanshah, situated in Kalhur Sardslr, about 40 miles
south-west of Kirmanshah city. It is about 14 miles in length from north
west to south-east and varies in breadth from 2| to 1 mile. Its elevation
at its northern (upper) end is 4,540 feet and at its lower about 4,200 feet.
It is bounded north by the Kuh Kalaja, and south by the Bankur hills. The
mountains on either side are well wooded, and there are springs at various
points in the valley. Its centre is perfectly level and is open to the move
ment of all arms. It is covered with grass and almost free from loose
stones. A stream flows down its centre rising near the ruins of Asman-
abad, which is situated just to the south-east of the broadest part of the
valley. The ruins consist of walls of a large rectangular building, built of
boulders and unhewn stone, held together by mortar ; traces of buildings
round indicate that it was probably a town of 300 to 500 houses. The graz
ing on the plain is good, and there are a number of camps of KhalidI Kurds
upon it. There are numerous passes, both in and out of the valley, across
which roads lead to Mandali and to Kirmanshah via Harunabad. These
are described under their own names. A road leads from it north-west
into Gilan via Chah Mila, and another to the south runs to Chah Duvar, dis
tant about 22 and 20 miles, respectively.— (Vaughan.)
ASMANGIRD— Lat. 28° 53' N. Long. 53° 23' E. Elev. 1,184'.
A village of about 80 houses, 2 stages (33 miles) north of Jehrum on the
road to Shiraz, and | a mile west of the serai of the same name. Sur
rounded by orchards and irrigated cultivation. Supplies are considerable
from village and neighbouring hamlets—all common produce and meat
(sheep and goat) immediately available ; fuel scanty ; grazing poor.—
(Wilson, 1907.)
112 IB
£
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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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