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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎221v] (447/982)

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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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432
JAZ—JIK
JAZlREH —Lat. Lono. Elev.
A village in the Haiat Daud district of Ears, on the south side of a creek
which runs inland for 1 mile from the sea. It contains 15 houses, inhabited
by Arabs who claim to be of Bam Hajir and Bam Tamim descent;
they are Sunnis by religion, and speak Arabic as well as Persian. They
cultivate their lands and catch fish ; their surplus produce they send and
sell at Bushire. They own about 30 donkeys and 300 sheep and goats.
The creek is 2 fatbnms deep at the entrance.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
JAZlREH-I -ABRIN, vide JABRIN ISLAND.
JAZlREH I -SHAIKH SA’D— Lat. 29° 2' N. Long. 50° 54' E. Elev.
A long, narrow island on the east side of Bushire bay. It is some 4
miles in length and forms a low plain covered in places with coarse
grass, and is largely overflowed by the sea at the highest spring tides.
It is separated from the mainland by the Khur Kashkari. It has
a small village called Jazireh and tower at the north end ; the latter, which
bears north-north-east, 5£ miles from the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. flagstaff, stands
on the north point, which is rocky and about 10 feet above the sea,
being the highest point of the island. The village is inhabited by boat
men who carry on the traff.c between Bushire and Shif. A small creek
running into the island, divides the village into two parts. There is no
water here except after rain. The south end is separated from Maharraq by
a channel, £ mile broad, nearly dry at low water. Near the tower above
mentioned is the tomb of the Shaikh whence the island takes its name,
and to the eastward of this are remains of a town of some antiquity, con
sisting of extensive mounds and ancient tombs, and called Bandaraga.
(vide also this Gazetteer—Busb.ire town).— (Constable — Stiffe—Persian
Gulf Pilot—Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908 )
JEHAN-BlN (AB-I-)—twfe BEHISHTABAD (AB-I-).
JEHANGlRIEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A district of Laristan, situated on the coast. Its seaport is Hugh ft.
The villages of this district are Vaish (?), Kanan(?), Tarakimeh, and Bastak.
The people are wealthy and do not pay Government anything beyond the
usual revenue. They have about 2,000 matchlockmen.— (Pelly.)
JEHLlGM— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the Marvdasht plain in Ears. Rice is obtainable here.—
(MacGregor.)
JEHRUM— vide jAHRCM.
JIBUR— vide BULANAS.—
JlK— vide SHAIKHAU.
JlKAtT—vt’de SHAIKHAU.
JlK RIVER— Elev. 660'.
Rising in the low hills of Pusht-i-Kuh to the west of the Karkheh river,
it flows south-west and crosses the Dizful road at Jikab or Jikau, some
30 miles west of the Karkheh fords. It is here a clear and shallow stream

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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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