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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎214v] (433/982)

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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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418
JAH-JAI
There is no Persian garrison here. There is no Governor at T hrum ; it
is under the Quvvam-ul-Mulk of Shiraz and is
Administration. superintended by a Kad-khuda.
There is a post office here and a postmaster. There are two posts
weekly : one to places in the north and one to
Communications. placeg ;n the south
The principal routes from Jehrum are—
(1) To Firuzabad, 4 stages, 72f miles.
The road from Firuzabad presents no great difficulties ; it is passable
for all arms, and is very good going through highly cultivated, thickly
populated country. Only very moderate supplies can be depended on.
The stages are long, but the water-supply good throughout, except in the
last stage into J< hrum. All the gradients, however, are so very slight that
the road might easily be made a good one.
(2) To Darab, 3 stages, 75 miles.
(3) ” Niriz, 7 ” 101£ „
(4) ” Lar, 5 ” 93 „
(5) ” Shiraz 5 ” 81 ,,
Roads diverge to Chah Talkh, Chah Tiz (for Surian), Firuzabad (2
roads), Fasa, Shiraz direct (2 parallel roads).
Native information gives a route from here to Tahiri, 8 stages, 38
farsakhs or, say, 135 miles. This route is very little used in the present day.
The importance of Tahiri lies in the fact that vessels can be brought quite
close in shore instead of having to lie a long way out, as is generally the case
at places on the Gulf; but Tahiri itself, being only a small and poor fishing
village, can be depended on for very little of anything. It is doubtful if
even donkeys could be procured for transport purposes. It is noteworthy
that the only way of penetrating into the interior is by two passes ; so that
if these were properly held by an enemy, a force landed here would be con
fined to the narrow strip along the sea coast.— {Abbott — Stothcrd, 1893 ;
Wilson, 1907.)
JAHRUM —Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass in Fars, through the mountains of Laristan, south of the town of
that name.— (Chesney.)
JAHVANJAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of Ears in the Marvdasht plain.— {MacGregor.)
JAIDAR —Lat. Long. Elev.
A plain in Laristan, on the left bank of the Kashgan river above its junc
tion with the Karkheh. The plain is considerably elevated above the valley
of the Karkheh, but still much lower than the high table-land beyond the
ridges to the east. It is stated to be a perfect paradise in the spring, as
well from its verdant herbiage as from the quantities of wild flowers that
enamel its surface. It is cultivated by some 300 families of Deh-Nishins of
the Silah-Silah division of the Pish-Kuh, and also affords winter pasture to
the great tribe of Hasanavand.
Mr. Schindler states that in his opinion the site or the ancient city of
Shapur Khast must be sought for on the Jaidar plain. The old

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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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