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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎190v] (385/982)

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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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HAL—HAM
HALlGAN—L at. Long. Elev.
Name of a range of high conglomerate cliffs, overhanging the road near
Jireh, Ears, in the direction of Musghun. The boulders, falling from these,
choke up the ro d in many places, and the winter floods of the Dalik river
close it entirely. There is said to be another road behind these cliffs.—
{Durand.)
HALIL—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the Bushire peninsula (q.v.).
HALEH or HILLEH (Laristan)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A small place in the island of Shaikh Shu’aib, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , a mile south
of the hamlet of Has. It contains 15 houses, and there are 6 fishing
boats, 120 date palms, 5 donkeys, 5 cattle and 100 sheep and goats.—
{Constable. — Stiffe^- Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
HAMAID—
A considerable nomad tribe of Southern ’ Arabistan ; their range is from the
Gargar and from the Karun about Naddafiyeh eastwards as far as Raghaiweh,
and their tribal focus is on or near the Haddam affluent of the Gargar.
They are politically allied to the Bavleh. They own a .few camels besides
large numbers of cattle and sheep and goats, but they subsist chiefly by
the cultivation of wheat and barley. Their fighting men number about
1,700, of whom some 500 are armed with rifles.
The following are the principal tribal divisions:—
Name.
Location.
Fighting strength.
Remarks.
*Attab
Hasanieh, 11 miles east
of Saiyid Hasan on the
Gargar.
100, of whom 30 are
mounted and have rifles.
100 cattle and 50
sheep.
’Awamir ..
Zuwair, 4 miles east of
Naddafizeh on the Karan.
200, of whom 60 have
rifles and 100 are
mounted.
40 camels, 201
cattle and 6,000
sheep. The prin
cipal Shaikh be
longs to this sec
tion.
Hawilat ..
4 miles north of Haddim
and east of the Gargar.
150, of whom 50 have
rifles and 51 are mount
ed.
200 cattle and 4,000
shefep.
Kharamizeh
Nihairieh near Raghaiweh
500, of whom 200 are
armed with rifles and
] 50 mounted.
40 camels, 400 cat
tle, 10,000 sheep.
Mai yah ..
Both sides of the Had-
dam near its junction
with the Gargar.
Ditto.
500 cattle and 6,000
sheep.
Nisailat ..
Naddafiyeh on the Karan
and Zuwair.
40, of whom 10 have
rifles and 10 are mount
ed.
40 caHle and 200
sheep.
Sa’id
Both sides of the Had-
dam.
\
200, of whom 30 have
rifles and 50 are mount
ed.
100 cattle and 3,000
sheep.

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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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