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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [129r] (262/982)
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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DICNDABAD-Lat. Long. Elev.
An alddeJi between Anar and Baiaz on the left of the road from \azd
to Kirman by Kirman Station.— {Euan-Smith.)
DAURAQ or DARAQ—
The former name of the town of Fallahieh m Southern ’Arabistan. The
name is still sometimes used, not only for the town, but to he country
round it or even for the whole district, vide this Gazetteer Fallahieh and
Ka’b. Dauraq-ul-Fars, possibly Faliahieh town, was m the 10th century
A D a very flourishing place. It then possessed the remains of Sassaman
buildings, and, according to one authority, a fire tem V \e.-(
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
DAURAQI'STAN—Lat. Long. Kiev.
A name given to the tract of land in Southern ’Arabistan which lies be
tween the Khur Dauraqistan on the east and the Bahmanshir on the west.
The name is not in common use .—(
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 190 .)
DAURAQISTAN KCH, vide KHtJR DAURAQISTAN.
DAUR-I-KAL—L\t Bong. Elev. .
A village in the Ramuz district about 1 mile from the right bank of the
Ramn z river, a little below its exit from the hills, and about _5 miles east
of Ramuz town. It contains 40 mud houses of Bahmai (Kuhgalu)
Lurs There is a garden here and a
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
with a building having an
upper storey. It belongs to the I’tizad-us-Sultan. -(
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazettee ,
1908.)
DAYAH (?) (KIRM AN) Lat. Long. _ Elew
A small village to the right of the road to Kirman from Yazd, 8 mi es
beyond Kushku.— {Smith.)
DAVAZDEH IMAM— Eat. Long. Elev. 6,010.
A hamlet in the Bakhtiari country, situated on, and about 500 feet above
the rtht VaYk of the Karun rivef, shortly before it rushes through tto
l -u „f the Tana i Ardal The track between Ardal and the Gurab
flneV tig nl: n |hbhtar crosses the river below the village by a per-
inanent stone and mortar bridge at 5,480 feet.-(Sa»yer, 1890-
Arbuthnot, 1905.)
DAVILA— Lat. Long. Elet *
A village, 56| miles from Burujird, to the right of the road thence to
Isfahan.— (Schindler.)
DiVlRiN—E at. Long. Elev '
A large village in Kirman, about 27 miles north-east of Bahrwnabai
It lies on the main road between Rafsinjan and Meshed, but the PMS
[over the Dhvban range) is just passable for camels.-(Syte, 1894 ,
Kirman Political Diary, 1904.)
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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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