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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎66v] (137/982)

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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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122
BAN—BAN
highest tower 30° 3' 14"; Long. 50° 9' 45"). Nine miles south-east—half-
■east of Bandar Dilam—is a small table hill of light colour with nernendicular
sides (Lat. 29° 57' 9' 58" ; Long. 50° 17'36"). It is 165 feet high and
visible for 14 miles. The coast here is merely a strip of land 10 or 15 feet
above the sea, inland of which are swamps extending for miles The anchor
age for vessels, about 31 miles off the shore, is sheltered from the shimdl
and partially from the kaus ; the bottom is of soft mud and the depth of
water 4 fathoms ; native craft lie close to the beach in a creek in a mud
flat. Landing is difficult because of the mud, and cargoes are loaded and
unloaded by means of donkeys.
Population.—The population is from 1,000 to 2,000 souls of the BehbehanI
tribe and is entirely Shi’ah ; all are Persian speaking, but about one-third
of them can talk Arabic as well. Some are cultivators 4n the surrounding
Liravi district ; others sailors or fishermen and the remainder merchants or
shop-keepers.
Resources and Supplies.—1U resources of the place are inconsiderable
Drinking-water is scarce and indifferent; it is brought from Tunub, about
1 mile distant. About 20 horses, 40 mules, 200 donkeys and 500 sheep
are owned by the inhabitants. There are 10 bums, 10 mdshuvehs and 20
small fishing boats.
Bandar Dilam is the port of the wheat-growing districts of Zaidan
and Behbehan, and to this circumstance it owes such trade as it eniovs
Theover-sea trade is principally with Bushire, but also, to a limited extent,
with Kuwait,^Bahrain, and Masqat. The chief exports and imports are
Exports.
Wheat.
Barley.
Straw.
Gum.
Linseed.
Ghi.
Dried figs.
Imports.
Rice.
Coffee.
Sugar.
Tea.
Pepper.
Turmeric.
Dried limes (Masqat).
Kero,sine oi).
TbIv e pro h , er i> en dT’ using the drag net, catch large quantities of seer fish.
villam s on do ar i d dned ^ ds , ent to Basrah b 7 ^a and to the surrounding
vllagts on donkeys. The bazar contains 90 shops. Ordinarv Persian
com mostly krans, is current, and two units of weight are in use viz
the local man of 14 lbs. 8J oz. English, and the Hashim man, of 16 ordinary
local mans : unit of length is the gaz of 40 or 41 inches ^
Ther^fverTlittff a '' 0 "T° phthal n ia is the disease here,
thalmia the town JmhTyeTy ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ° Ph “
Administration. Bandar Dilam is ruled by two local Khans brothers
who are under the authority of the Governor of the Gulf Ports to whose
charge it was relegated during the political re-arrangement of the Persian
Gub littoral which fo lowed the fall of the Zill-us-Sultan in 1888 The Khans
wno defer considerably to Saiyids and Mullas, dispose of criminal matters
Srh a rr ar Tr dby “ zi and
r y Cl Klah-feh Xl ongimUy by Ban! Tamm ’Arabs and after them
r V Khalifeh. The latter were displaced 70 or 80 years ago bv the
father of the present Khans, Hazi Tahir, who profited b/the ablnce of the

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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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