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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [44v] (93/982)
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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BAD—BA0
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BADBlNl (Kirman)—
A spot with a little cultivation belonging to Alminomad Tajiks, between
Khan-i-Surkh and Sa’adatabad, on the road from Shiraz to Kirman.—
(St. John.)
BADEH— Lat. 29° 38' 1ST. Long. 52° 46' E. Erev.
A picturesque little village of Ears, 13 miles from Shiraz.— (Thompson.)
BADINT— Lat. 27° 37' N. Long. 54 d 5' E. Elev. 2,050'.
Two serais, both in excellent repair, one being of large size, 10 stages from
Bandar’Abbas on the road to Lar. Water from 4 hirkehs. Badini is
situated on a flat alluvial plain some 12 miles long and, at this point, 3 miles
broad, covered (in March 1907) with good short grass and scrub. Nomads
are frequently to be seen in this plain, as the good grazing is suited to their
flocks.— (Wilson and Cruikshank, 1907.)
BADINJAN— Lat. 28° 48' N. Long. 53° 4' E. Elev.
A village of Ears, situated in a well-watered oasis in a valley east of
Elr uzab ad. —( Stolze.)
BAD-I-SHAH— Lat. 30° 20'N. Long. 52° 38' E. Elev.
A small village on the Zindeh Rud, on the right bank near Imamzadeh-
Isma’il. The valley is well cultivated in places and 2 miles broad ; soil-
clay.—(M, 1884.)
BADRAl —
A river of Khuzistan, which rises in the Kabir Kuh, and runs through the
plain of Kusitun, Cham, and passing the towns of Badrai and Sasain,
unites with the Changular. In summer and autumn it contains a small
body of water. In winter, however, it is a considerable stream, and in De
cember there is some difficulty in crossing it at the village of Badraf.
— (Layard.)
BADRAND— Lat. 27° 10' N. Long. 56° 3' E. Elev.
A village of Laristan, 18 miles from Bandar ’Abbas, on the road to
Shiraz, water from wells and reservoirs. No supplies or fuel.— (Jones.)
BADRANl— Lat. 30° 9' 20" N. Long. 49° 10' E. Elev.
A village in Southern ’Arabistan, on the right bank of the river Hindian,
2 miles south of ’Abad Ilahi. It is inhabited by 200 Bahrakun ’Arabs,
who cultivate grain and own 40 cattle and 800 sheep, besides a few horses
and donkeys.— (
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
BADRATABAD —Lat. 29° 28' N. Long. 55° 37' E.
A small village of 10 houses, 1 mile west of Saidabad in the Sirjan dis
trict of Kirman. It is a good place to camp should the caravanserais in
Saidabad be found to be crowded. —(Napier, 1899.)
BADDLEH— Lat. 28° 21' N. Long. 51° 32' E. Elev.
A village in the Dashti district of Ears, 5 miles west-north-west of Kaki,
containing 50 houses.— (Foreign Department Gazetteer, 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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