'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [187r] (378/982)
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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363
HAFTAVAN— Lat. 27°48 / N. Long. 53° 22' E. Elev. 2,489'.
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HAFT JAN— Lat.
Long.
Elev.
A village m the Tihran-Karvan district, of 34 houses, popuiatior 215,
surrounded by cultivation, 47£ miles from Isfahan on the road to Burujird,
belonging to the prince. There is one qanat here ; 23 pairs of oxen for
the plough ; 0,000 lbs. of grain are sown yearly ; ta.xes 400 tumana.—
HAFT JUSH— Lat. 29° 17' N. Long. 51° 2' E. Elev.
A village in the Angall district of Ears, on the left bank oi the Rudhilleh
stream, 2 miles above Mahmad 8 hah I, It contains 110 houses inhabited
by the descendants ot immigrants from Borazjun, Daliki, Kazarun, etc.
The villagers cultivate wheat and barley, and ov n 100 donkeys and a con
siderable nun her of houses —{
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908)
HAFT LANG—
A clan of the Bakhtiaris [q. v.) in Luristan.
HABT MULLA —Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass in Far_s between Nanizak and Kalimeh on the southern road from
Bushire to Shiraz. It is 16 miles in length, and consists simply of the beds
of two torrents, one flowing south-east to Kalimeh, the other to Nanizak.
It is always passable, except during the rains, and with a little labour
might be made practicable for artillery, though not so easily as the
Tangi-Shidar to Khurmuj. There is no drinkable water in the Haft-Mulla
pass .—{St John.)
HAFT RAHAN KfJH —Lat. Long. Elev.
A range of hills in the Bakhtiari mountains in Luristan.—( Layard.)
HAFT SHUGAN— Lat. Long. Elev. 7,800'.
A large village on the Chehar Mahal plateau in the Bakhtiari country.
It is situated at the foot of the pass of the same name (10,000 feet) over the
Chari range on its north side, leading from Junaqan to Deh-i-Kurd from
which latter place it is distant about 8 miles. The village contains some
{Preece, 1893.)
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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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