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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [132r] (268/982)
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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DEH CHiSHT— Lat.
x Long. Elev.
A village on the Marvdasht plain in Ears. Its provisions chiefly consist
of rice.—{MacGregor.)
DEH CHINAR— Lat. 30° 50'; Long. 56° 33'; Elev.
A village in the Zarand district of Kirman, 52 miles north-west of
Kirman.
DEHDARAN HAJl ’ABDUL ’ALI-Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Shabankareh district of Ears, 3 miles south-west of Deh
Kuhneh It contains 80 houses inhabited by Persians of unknown origin,
who cultivate wheat, barley and dates, and own 100 donkeys besides a few
horses .—{
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
DEHDARAN HAJI FARUMEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Shabankareh district of Ears, 3| miles south-west of Deh
Kuhneh It contains 100 houses inhabited by Persians of unknown origin,
who own about 15 horses and 200 donkeys. Cereals are grown here.-
{
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
DEH DARVLSH (Kirman)— Lat. Long. Elev.
A little village on the road from Saiyidabad to Kirman, about 50 miles
from the latter.— {Gill.)
DEH DASHT—Lat. 30° 45'; Long. 50° 50"; Elev, 2,850 / .
A village in Khuzistan, 26 miles north-east of Behbehan, situated m a rich
valley on the road from Isfahan to Bandar Dilam. {Vide Deh-i-Dasht.)
DEH DASHTAK or KHAIRABAD-Lat. 28 0 5PN. Long. 53°42'E. Elev.
A village in the Easa plain of Ears, 2£ miles from Fasa town on the road to
Jehrum It is situated on the right bank of a deep nala with shelving banks
Most of the water of the ndla is drawn off for irrigation 1893.)
[This is possibly the Deh Dashteh of Abbott.)
DEH DASHTEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, 1 mile south of Fasa. It has some date-groves round
it, and is situated in a plain, 1 mile off the road.— (H66o«.)
DEH DlZ— Lat. Long. Elev. 5,200 .
A village, or number of villages, in the Bakhtiari country, 15 ^iles south
east of Gudar-i-Balutak, and the 9th stage (152 miles) from Isfahan by the
Bakhtiari caravan route. The village lies in a well cultivated but poorly
watered plain, close under the Kuh-i-Ma Zanm The fort from which the
neighbourhood takes its name is roughly built of stone and mortar and is
surrounded by a small village. It has two loopholes and castellated towers
and a square keep. All are in a ruinous condition. The mam village is
LlosedV walls in the form of a square, surrounded by five towers. The
plain is dotted with oaks and patches of cultivation, while the mountain
slopes are well wooded to their summits.
It is peopled by the Dinarun tribe which consists of 1,000 to 2 000 house
holds, and is distributed partly on the left and partly on the right bank of
the Karim, with their ydildqs in the Mangasht and Safid Kuh hills.
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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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