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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [136r] (276/982)
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-DEH
261
DEH RAlS— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Anar district {q. v.) of Kirman.
DEHRAM— Lat. Long. Elev.
A place in Ears inhabited by the Khul-i-Shuli clan of Iliats.— (Mclvor.)
DEH RAMIR— Lat. 30° ll'N. Long. 51° 47'E. Elev.
L A small village in the Shhlistan district of Ears on the road from Beh-
behan to Shiraz, some 67 miles north-west of the latter town and 1| miles
south of the road between the Pul-i-Murd and the Tang-i-Rudian. It
contains 6 houses. The inhabitants own some sheep and goats and grow
a little wheat in the valley. There is plenty of grass and timber here ;
the hills are covered with a forest of small oaks. In the nala is a small
trickle of water.— (Hopkins, 1903.)
DEH RAS — Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the Bulagi plain north of Shiraz in Ears.— (McGregor.)
DEH RISHK— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Yazd near the southern entrance of the Ga-rdan-i-’Aliabad,
and 9^ miles south-south-west of ’Aliabad (?>).■—(McGregor — Newcomen,
1905.)
DEH RlZ Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the centre valley of the island of Shaikh Shu’aib, Persian
Gulf. It contains 20 houses. Resources are : 8 fishing-boats, 5 donkeys,
5 cattle and 50 sheop and goats. There are no dates.— (
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Pilot ;
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
DEH-RlZ or DIRIS— Lat. 29° 41' N. Long. 51° 39' E. Elev.
A small village in Ears, 7 miles north-east from Kamarij, 7 miles
from Kazarun. All the houses have arched roofs. Though now a small
place, it must once have been a large town, judging from the extent of the
ruins.—( Clark — Ouseley — Morrier.)
DEH RUD (St. John's Map) — Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, 75 miles from Bushire, on the road by the Haft Mulla
Pass to Firuzabad. It has a fort and 250 huts, and water is procured from
wells.— (Pelly.)
St. John says it is situated in a well-grassed valley of the same name,
plentifully sprinkled with bushes, about 95 miles south-west of Shiraz,
on the road to Bushire via Jireh.
DEH RUM— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, 63 miles from Kangan on the road to Firuzabad, from
which it is 33 miles distant. It is situated at the foot cf high mountains.
There are some date-groves near the village. There is a stream of brackish
water here, but sweet water is procurable frem wells.— (Jones.)
DEH SAUDI— Lat. Long. Elev.
A hamlet 3 miles north-west of Kirman, on the road to Yazd via Zarand.
— (Sykes, 1894.)
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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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