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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [181v] (367/982)
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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GUK—GUL
GUKUN or GAUKUN—
A stream which rises to the north of the Kuh-i-Rang mountain in the
Bakhtiari country, and flows from north-east to south-west at right,
angles to all the spurs of the Kuh-i-Rang, joining the Biaba atShuleh,
whence its waters reach the Ab-i-Diz.— {Sawyer, 1890.)
GUL AB (1) — Lat. Long. . Elev.
A fort in Luristan, inhabited by the Khushdas-i-Agha Jari clan of
Iliats.— {Mclvor.)
GULAB (2)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the road from Isfahan to Burujird, 12 miles from Yarpusht
towards the north-west.— {Schindler.)
GULAK—
One of the two greac sub-divisions of the Pisn Kuh tribe. Lur tribes are
divided into Pish Kuh and Pudit-i Kuh. The Gulak are agam divided
into Amaleh or Amak and Bala Girl eh, the former living in 'ullages,
chiefly near Khurramabad. The latter inhabit the mountains between the
Djzful ana Kashgan rivers.— {Schinller.)
GULAKl (1)— Lat. 28° 45'N. Long 51° 12'E. Elev.
A village in the Dashti district of Ears, 11 milei north-west of Khurmuj
town on the s'de of the Khurmuj valley. It contains 30 houses
of Ruuseh and Tangaslris. Butcher says that it lies 3 miles soutn of Ahram,
and that oy native report a route runs to it from Ahram, and continues
to Karri on the sea coast.— {Butcher, 1888 —
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
GULAKl (2)— See GURAKl.
GULBITA— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Dashti district situat d about 6 miles east of Ziarat.
It consists of 40 bouses of Hajiam Taqiha, Mullaha and Jatut. There are
60 cameis, 40 donkeys, 20 cattle, 250 sheep and goats.— {
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
GULBRIK —Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Isfahan province south of Isfahan.— {Baring.)
GULDAN—
A village on the coast near Bandar ’Abbas, where a large river-bed,
called Khur Shur, falls into the sea.— {Abdur Rahim.)
GULGIR or GURGlR —Lat. Long. Elev. 1,480'.
A conglomeration of reed and mud huts and black tents clustered by the
side of small streams, situated on a stony plain on the site of the former
Sambeh, and at the foot of the Kub Asmari, at tne western extremity
of that range. It does not seem to have any permanent buildings.
It marks the second stage from Shushtar (53 miles) on that branch of the
Bakhtiari caravan road. It is surrounded by a certain amount of culti
vation. Fair supplies are obtainable, but the water, which runs in 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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