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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [42r] (88/982)
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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ATABEG JADEH (Road) or JlDEH-I-ATlBEG—
Name of a route from Malamir in Khuzistan, to join the Isj.ah.an
road near Qumisheh by Falard.— (Mackenzie.)
ATAISH— Lat. 30° 42' N. Long. 49° 8' E. Eev.
A place with a ruined tomb in Southern ’Arabistan on the boundary
of the Fallahieh district, near to, and north-west of, Maqtu. (Foreign
Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
ATASH— Lat. 33° 37' N. Long. 46° 17' E. Elev.
A small cultivated basin in the Pusht-i-Kuh divisio_n of Luristan, a few
miles to the south-west of Deh Bala. It is on the Ab-i-Tursak stream,
shut in by steep hills.— (Maumell, 1888.)
’ATlBEH— Lat. 29° N. Long. 51° E. Elev.
A village in the Shabankarehjdistrict of Fars, north-west of Deh Kuhneh.
It contains 50 houses, inhabited by Persians, of unknown origin, who cul
tivate the. ordinary cereals, and own 10 horses and 80 donkeys. (Persian
Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
ITISHGAH or ATISHKADEH (1)—Lat. 28° 53' N. Long. 52° 31' E. Elev.
The ancient fire temple of the Zoroastrians,—F'ide this Gazetteer ■
Fhu ah ad and Deh-i-Shah.— (Abbott — Stotherd, 1893.)
ITISH GAH (2)— Lat. 32° 38' 20" N. Long. 51° 27' 20" E.
Name of a mound rising 100' above the plain, 4 miles from Isfahan on
the road to Burujird.—(NctaWer.) . ... 0 „ ,
Ussher describes the Atishgah, or place of fire, as a hill, 3 miles trom
the city, on which are the remains of a fire temple, erected, it is said, by
Ardashir, or Artaxerxes.
ATIAB SHAH—
A small
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
between Mahiar and Qumisheh. (Trotter.)
’ATQlEH—
A section of the Ka’b tribe (q.v.).
’ATTAB—
A division of the Hamaid tribe (q.v.).
AURUK—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the district of Yazd, 16 miles by road south-west of Taft.
It contains 10 houses and has numerous streams, gardens and shady walnut
trees about. The fields are covered with large granite rocks and boulders,
which occupy nearly as much room as the cultivation itself. ( Vaughan t
1891.)
AUSHAR (1)—
Name of a canal in the Fallahieh district of Southern ’Arabistan, irri
gating land cultivated by Ka’b Arabs of the ’Asakireh subdivision. Oil
112 LB. K2
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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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