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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎210v] (425/982)

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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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ISM—1ST
It is cultivated by the people of the neighbouring village of Sa’di.—
{Wood, 1899.)
ISMl’lLABAD (4)—Lat. 30° 48' N. Long. 56° 30' E. Elev.
A village in Kirman, 104 miles from the town of that name, on the road
to Yazd. It contains about 10 houses and has a qandt of sweet water.
—{Wood, 1899.)
LSMA’lLlEH, vide KARftN River.
ISMA’lLYAND— Lat. Long. 1 Elev.
A large village, 2 miles north of Farrashband, Fars.— {St. John.)
ISMISUN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of Luristan, passed at i J miles from Khurramabad, on the road
to Deh Bala. There are some groves of fine trees round ; the plain is richly
cultivated and has abundant water, and good grazing for the many sheep
and cattle of the inhabitants ; there are 40 houses.— {Burton, 1897.)
ISPEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village, 12 miles south of Mahir, on the road between Isfahan and
Shiraz.— {Taylor).
ISPI KT}H, vide SAFlD KtlH—
ISTAKHR— Lat. 29° 58' N. Long. 52° 44' E. Elev.
A village in Fars, 10 miles west of Persepolis and 20 miles north-east
of Shiraz. It is celebrated on account of the ancient castla of Istakhr,
one of the citadels of Persepolis. The rock on which the castle is placed
arises abruptly to a height of 500 feet above a steep, conical hill of some
1,200 feet in height, and is visible from a great distance. It is one of the
three hills called “ Seh Gumbazan,” or “ Three domes.” The avenues
to the summit are so difficult that the villagers assert that the goats were
the only four-footed beasts that could climb them, but Morier thinks asses
and mules could get up. The rock at its summit exhibits nothing but a
few scanty shrubs, and one large fir tree placed at its south extremity near
the largest of the remains of four reservoirs. —{Kinneir — Morier.)
A tower, which once stood within this rock fortress, is said to have once
contained Darius’ library of sacred books, which were removed by
Alexander the Great. Istakhr is said to have been the true capital of the
Sassaniahs ; and many learned men have believed that it was itself the an
cient city of Persepolis. The castle was used as late as 1501 as a state
prison.—( Vssher — Durand.)
ISTEHBANAT— Lat. 29° 8' N. Long. 54° 2' E. Elev.
A town in Fars, situated 12 miles from the south-east corner of the lake
of Niriz. The district of Istehbanat extends from the south border of the
lake, some miles beyond the mountains, to the south. The products
consist of wheat, barley, beans, and a good quantity of opium from the
shitvi, or winter sowings, and tobacco, gram, cotton, and rice from the
saifi, or summer sowings. Walnut and sycamore trees flourish and there is

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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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