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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎223r] (450/982)

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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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and goats. Cultivation : barley and onions. Water from numerous birkehs
Fighting men: 250.—(Sher Jang, 1902.)
J0NAQAN— Lat. 32° 10 N. Long. 50° 48' E. Elev. 6,600'.
A village, in the Cheliar Mahal district of the Bakhtiari country, at the
eastc! n ena of the Nuzdaj plain. It is situated in a plain or valley of the same
name near the foot of the Chui range on its southern aspect; facing it to the
east is the great rocky mass of thi Kuh-i-Shaikh ; while the great Saldarun
range encloses the plam to the south-wsst. Midway between the village and
the last range the Ab-i-Junaqan drains the valley, to escape eventually
through the great rift of the Tang-i-Darkash Warkash, the entrance to which
is some 8 miles south of the village. Tracks lead from here up the valley
north-westwards through Gushehto the Tang-i-Gaz ; northwards over the
Haftshagan Pass (10,000 feet) to Deh-i-Kurd (14 miles) and Qahfarukh (16
miles) ; eastwards over the Gardan-i-Shaikh to Shamsabad (12 miles); south-
eastwards through Dastaneh ioShalamzar, which is used as a carriage-road
by the Khans; and southwards through the Tang-i-Darkash Warkash to
Behisht-abad and Ardal (18 miles).
Junaqan is the residence of Hap ’All Quli Khan, Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Asad (1905) of the
Bakhtiari. To the south of the village stands this extensive koleh with a
garden facing it on the south. One block of buildings within the fort, of recent
date, has rooms of European design furnished throughout in French style,
in which European guests are entertained. The owner himself as well as* his
eldest son, Ja’far Quit Khan, Bahadur-ud-Daulehspeaks French ; while the
second son, Muhammad Taqi Khan, speaks some English. The village, with
a population of some 1,200,has a poor aspect; supplies are obtainable through
the Khan to any extent,and water from s veral spdngs of excellent quality.
There is a brook eoursii g down its main street; the spring comes out of a
small hill, a quarter of a mile above the village, and passes through a track
which swarms with fish sacred to the memory of the three daughters of
Imam Musa Qasim, who are represented by the willows on the hill. The
neighbouring hills abound in game,.such as ibex, moufflon, gazelle and
occasional bears.— (Arbuthnot, 1905.)
JUNAGAK (AB 1-)— vide BEHLSHTABAD (AB-I-^
JUKE—
A tribe of Khuzistan, consisting of 600 adult males dwelling in huts at
Hawizeh, to which they are tributary.— [Ross.)
JURUF— Lat. Long. E lev.
A village on the west coast of ’Abbadan island. It contains 30 mud huts
and is inhabited by Dris.— { Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
JURUF BAIT HAJl JARRAH—
A village on the west coast of ’Abbadan island. It contains 30 mud huts,
and is inhabited by Dris.—( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
JUSHUR—
A village in Kirman near Mashiz (<^ t\)_

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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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