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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [87v] (179/982)
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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BIR-BIR
164
BIRl TULA—
A ruined serai, 3 miles west of Cheliar Birkeh, on the Bandar ’ Abbas-Lar
road. Water from one open tank. No population.—(fft7son and Cruik-
shank, 1907.)
BIRIN JAN GORGE—
At the south-east end of the Chamalgir mountain of Luristan the
Saimarreh river turns south out of the Radbar district. Here is the
Birinjan gorge. To either side of the river rise tremendous cliffs of
castellated rock, sheer to 1,500 feet. The gorge is traversed by no road
and is quite impassable. North of it lies the stony plateau of Kaleh Hatim
and the huge wall of the Lara mountain. The surroundings are wild and
desolate, and the scenery of nigged grandeur.—(B.)
birinjzar—
A
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
, 74 miles from Khurramabad to Dizful via the Gialan
pass, the walls of which are only about 4 feet high. The stream, Fariab,
passes near here. The mountain opposite Gialan is called Kabir Kuh, to the
left of wh'ch are the Sagwand summer quarters. Great quantities of loose
stone on the road here. A good stream, flowing north-west and fordable,
runs between this and Razeh, called Ab-i-Zal. It is 2| miles from the
northern foot of this pass ; 3G miles from Nasrabad. There used to be a
telegraph office, on the Khurramabad-Dizful line, but the line was des
troyed by Lurs and has not since been restored.— (Bell-Cuningham.)
BIRIZ— Lat. 27° 53' N. Long. 54° 14' E. Elev.
A large inhabited serai, and a smaller one used by Lar merchants only,
and a small village close to serai. Situated on a plain 4 miles broad north
and south, and 13 miles long east and west; surrounded bwhills, and drain
ed north and then west to Binaru by a small stream flowing through the
low ridges to north. Water from several cisterns (2 in good repair); sup
plies and fuel scanty ; grazing poor ; population about 300.
The plain is dotted about with several wells and is cultivated, for the
most part, with wheat and barley. The new serai of Shflr on the Darab
road is visible east, at the foot of a low ridge.
An Imamzadeh with blue dome stands near the village. The large
serai is said to have been built by Shah ’Abbas.
Roads diverge to Dehaku Shur, Kurdeh (direct) and Binaru.—(Bb'feow
and Cruikshank, 1907.)
BIRKEHDIN—
A village in Laristan, 30 miles from Lingeh and 85 miles from Lar.
There is a
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
near this. It is situated in a desert, and there
are no supplies ; the only water is from reservoirs.— (Jones — Felly.)
BIRKEH DARAZ— Lat. 27° 11' N. Long. 55° 46' E.
A cistern in Laristan, 37 miles from Bandar ’Abbas, on the road to Lar.
It is in good repair and full of water. There is excellent arazing in the
vicinity during the cold weather.— (Shakespear, 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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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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