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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [176v] (357/982)
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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342
OAV-GAZ
It consists of some 10 houses containing about 60 inhabitants, who are
graziers and date-growers, and who own 5 camels and about 40 sheep and
goats. Water is obtained from wells.— (Shakespear, 1905.)
GAVPISEH (GARDAN-I-)— Lat. Long. Elev. 5,850 r
A pass between the two valleys or plateau lands of Upper and Lower
Linjan, in the province of Isfahan. It lies between the 2nd and 3rd stages
of the Bakhtian caravan road, its summit being 7 miles south of Bagh-
i-Yahsh and 24 miles of Isfahan. The pass is so-called from marks on the
hill supposed to resemble a cow. A good view accross the Isfahan plain is
obtainable from its summit, as well as southwards across the Upper
Linjan valley.— {Preece, 1902, — Arbuthnot, 1905.) 11
GAZAK— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Dashti district of Ears, 8 miles west-north-west of KakI on
the right bank of the Mund river. It contains 50 houses of Haiian.—
{
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.) J
GAZ ’iLl— Lat. 30° 12' N. Long. 49° 41' E. Elev.
A village in Southern ’Arabistan on the right bank of the river Hindian i
a mile west of Cham Shaa’bam. It is inhabited by 500 Qanawatis, who gro4
corn and possess 10 bourses, 100 cattle and 200 donkeys.—Pemaw Gulf
Gazetteer, 1908.)
GAZ BID— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Dashtistan district of Ears, south-west of Borazjun.
It contains 50 houses inhabited by Borazjunls, who cultivate wheat,
barley and dates, and own 20 mules and 100 donkeys.— [Fereion
Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
GAZDAN— Lat. 27° 42' N. Long. 53° 48' E. Elev.
A village in Laristan, 42| miles from Lar, on the road to Bushire. It
contains about 80 houses, half of which are in ruins, and a population of
about 160 persons. The valley in which it stands is about 500 yards wide
and is well cultivated with wheat and barley. The water-supply is good
and there is good grazing in the vicinity.—(PuteAer, April 1888.)
GAZI— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the coast of the Da "hti district of Ears near Bunju in the
Tangistan district. It contains 20 houses. The villagers are fishermen,
date-growers and cultivators.—(Pemgw DepartmenJ Gazetteer, 1905.)
GAZ LURl— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Liravi district of Ears, but administratively dependent
on Bandar Dilam. It is situated 6 miles north-west of Gahzard. It
contains 40 houses of Lurs, and there is cultivation of wheat and
barley.— {
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
GAZ (TANG-I)— Lat. Long. Elev. 7,400'.
In the Bakhtiari country. A broad gorge 3 miles long, between the Kuh-
i-Gurganak and Kuh-i-Zanga, through which the Zindeh Rud runs with a
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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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