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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎118r] (240/982)

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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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DlRlB KHANl-i
A clan of the Qashqai tribe of Iliats in Pars, who occupy tbe tract lying
between Ghll-i-Kbarzi, near Bandar ’Abbas, to Gaudimun andN" aukbandan.
They number about 2,000 families and keep herds of mules, and it is
estimated that they breed about 200 annually.—(#oss.)
DARADISHEH—
A section of the Ka’b tribe [q.v.).
DARAHl —Lat. Long. Elev.
A small plain is Laristan, about 1 mile long by f mile broad, surrounded
by low hills.
It is crossed by the Lar-Bandar ’Abbas road, about 8 miles south-east of
Hormuz.— {Butcher, ,1888.)
DARAK— Lat. 27° 55' N. Long. 52° 2' E. Elev.
A village in the Dashti District of Pars, 6 miles north of Bardistan on the
east side of the Bardistan valley. It contains 20 houses of Arabs from Bus-
taneh, Sunnis, and speaking both Persian and Arabic—( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
DARA KUH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A hill in Pars, 4 J miles from Jam on the road to Lar. The pass over the
hill is very bad, being simply a broken, irregular stair of limestone ; though
in horizontal distance only about a quarter of a mile, it takes nearly an
hour for baggage animals to surmount.— {Butcher, 1888. v
DARAN (1)— Lat. 32° 59' N. Long. 50° 25' E. Elev.
A village in the Faraidan District of the Isfahan Province, and principal
place of the Daran Sub-district. It has 300 houses. The Governor of
Faridan generally resides there.— {Schindler.)
DARAN (2)—Lat, Long. Elev.
A sub-district of Faridan in the Isfahan Province. It has 34 villages, and
pays yearly taxes amounting to 16,621 &mws=Rs. 6,648. Its principal
place is Daran {q.v.). — {Schindler.)
DARANG— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Kirman near Mashlz {q.v.),
DARASHK— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Yazd, 8 miles south-west from the town of that name on the
road to Shiraz via kbiquh—{MacGregor.)
DARAZ— Lat. Long. Elev. 4,150'.
A pass over the Zangula range in Luristan, 28 miles from Rhurramabad
on the road to Deh Bala. The rocks in a ravine near the summit would
require blasting to admit of the passage of artillery.—(Pwrton, 1897.)
DARAZ DARREH— Lat. Long. Elev. 4,600'.
A stony and waterless ravine, traversed by the Deh Bala (Pusht-i-Kuh)
road to Dizful for 2 miles after it leaves the Arkavaz valley. During the
greater part of its course it is broad and level, and surrounded by stony
112 I. B, 3 F

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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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