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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎212r] (428/982)

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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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JAB—JAB
413
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jabalAbad—
A range of mountains in Persia, which bounds Pars on the south and
Laristan on the north (?), and runs through Kirman to Makran. It is a
continuation of the spur of the main range of Kurdistan, which emanates
from mount Alvand and thence runs on under the name of the Bakhtiari
Mountains.
JABAL BANG, vide KUH-I-BANG.
JABAL DIKANG, vide KUH-I-DIRANG.
JABAL HAMAR or AHMAR— Lat. 26° 43' 33"; Long. 54° 15' 31"; Elev.
370'.
A mountain range in Laristan, situated to the west of Charak, and run
ning parallel to the coast and a few miles from it. A peak about 1 mile
wes 1 ' of Charak forms a conspicuous landmark viewed from the south-west.
Its eastern extremity is skirted by the road from Charak to Bastak.—
{ Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Pilot— Vaughan, 1890.)
JABAL LAM BA (?) —Lat. Long. Elev.
A low, light-coloured, table-topped hill to the south-west of Jabal Hamar
or Ahmar, near Charak, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . This hill has the ruins of a fort on
it.— {Constable—Stiffe — Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Pilot.)
JABAL SlRl— Lat. 27° 48' Long. 52° 13' 55"; Elev. 4,660'.
A basin-shaped peak on the summit of a range of mountains in Lar, 9£
miles east by south of Kangan, 5 miles from the nearest part of the
coast; it is elevated 4,660 feet, and is visible 70 miles.— {Constable—Stiffe
—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
JABAL TARANJEH— Lat. (Hummock on summit) 26° 56'55"; Long. 54°
7' 5" Elev. 5,150'.
An excellent landmark on the coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 16 miles north
west by north from Charak town. It is a round-topped or flattened dome
shaped mountain of light colour, 5,150 feet high, and visible (seaward)
from a distance of 70 or 80 miles ; it forms part of an inland range, and
there is a lower one between it and the sea, which hides it from a ship
when within 10 or 12 miles of the coast. The name is derived from its
supposed citron-like shape.— {Constable—Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
JABAL-UL-HATl (?) or JABAL BUSTANAK (Laristan).—Lat. (Little
peak) 26° 39' 58"; Long. 54° 41' 43"; Elev. 1,750'.
A remarkable isolated mass of dark, volcanic hills, about 3| miles in ex
tent, one mile from the coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , near Bustaneh. The
highest part is near the centre, and forms a ridge, visible 45 miles, near the
southern end of which is a little peak, which looks like a tower built on
the summit and is conspicuous, particularly from the eastward or west
ward. This peak is 1,750 feet high, and bears north-east £ east, 4| miles

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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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