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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [129v] (263/982)
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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248
DAY—DEH
DAVIRAN (Range)—
^ A range of mountains extending south-east and north-east, between the
towns of \azd and Kirman, with a parallel range on either side of the
central chain, the northern one of which is called the Kuh-i-Hulkan
Near Yazd the Daviran Kuh sinks into a slender chain of limestone hills,
and a pass through it here is the only break in the chain, traversable in an
hour. Here also the northerly parallel range coalesces with the Daviran,
so that there are only two ranges Mt.—{Euan-Smith—Stack.)
DAVVAS— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the Bushire peninsula {q.v.)
DAWARIQEH (1)—
A section of the Ka’b tribe {q. v.).
DAZDARUN—
A tage spring below the main Chari Pass, in the Bakhtiari mountains.
— {Sawyer, 1890.)
DEED AST (?)—
A sub-division in Pars of the Pusht-i-Kuh section of the great Kuhgala
tribe mhabrtmg the country near Behbehan. There is no chief of this
sub-division at present.—(Ran'wg.)
DEH— Lat. 26° 33' N. Long. 54° 2' E. Elev.
A small village in the island of Qais,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, 1£ miles from its
north-east point. It has several plantations and some gardens. It
contains 30 houses ; the inhabitants possess 6 fishing boats.—(Consta&fe—
Stifle—Persian Gulf Pilot —Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
DEH ABDULLAH KHAN (LlRISTAN)— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village, 98 miles from Bandar ’Abbas, on the camel-road to Yazd.
Water and supplies scarce.— {MacGregor.)
DEHKIST AN— Lat. Long. E lev.
A village in Ears, 81 miles from Darab, on the road to Farrashband
— {Abbott.)
DEH ’ALl (KIRMAN)—
A halting-placei n the district of Kuh-Banan, on the road thence to Yazd
one march from the village of Kuh-Banan. The water is salt. Very
good sheep procurable.— {Pioneer’s Correspondent.)
DEH ALLAH— Lat. Long. Elev. 5,240'.
Is situated J mile from the right bank of the Khaman river in the plain of
Alishtar, 1£ miles to the north of the Khurramabad road. The village
stands on a conical mound rising out of the plain, which is here damp and
swampy : in summer the people pitch tents below on the river-side. The
grazing is good, and there are many kdriz streams and much cultivation
ground : large flocks and herds are owned. The people are Lurs, and number
35 houses.—(R.)
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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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