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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎229r] (462/982)

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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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KAIANJ —Lat, Long. Elev.
A plain in which are many villages and the town of Hisar in Laristan.—
(Jones.)
RAID HAIDAR, see KALEH KAD HAIDAR.
RAID RAHMAT—
A tribe of the Bala Ghiveh group in Luristan (q.v.).
RAIFARl— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, situated north of Shiraz. It produces wheat, barley-
gram and dal. The climate here is very pleasant in summer, and it is
much resorted to by Arab nomads.—(Pe%.)
RAI RADS (2)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the right bank of the Ruhak, in the Hindian valley passed
on the road from Behbehan to Gargari. It contains 800 inhabitants-
Lurs—whcse occupation is the cultivation of dates, rice and linseed
Resources : 250 cows, 300 donkeys.— (Lorimer.)
RAIRHUSRAU —Lat. Long. Elev.
Name of some caves on Fars, called after the famous Raiaiiian Ring of
Persia, who is said to dwell in them still. They are mar the village of
Rafr or Rhaur on Mount Dinar, at an elevation of some 11,000 feet above
the sea. It is asserted that no one can reach the entrances which are
some way up the face of a cliff ; also that if they should be reached and
entered, any light carried in would be immediately put out. This mav be
due to mephitic air. c ^
These caves give their name to the spur of Mount Dinar, in which thev
are situated. It is detached from the rest of the mountain. (Durand )
RAILUN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A place in Laristan.
RAIYUN—
A tributary of the Rashgan river rising m the Ruh-i-Haftad Pahlu
The first halting-place from Rhurramabad on the road to Dizful vid
the Tang-i-Zardavar, is on the banks of this Btiea,m.~(Rawlinson.) ’
RAIZUM Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass in Luristan.—(IFar Office Report on Persia.)
RAJ (1)— Lat. Long. 1 Elev. 6,010'.
A small village in the Bakhtiarl country, situated on the left bank of the
Karun river about 4 miles above its junction with the Ab-i-Behishtabad
A track leads hence over a stone bridge through the Uiirab and Bazuft
valleys to Shushtar.—(/Sawyer, 1890.)
RAJ (2) —Elev. 7,330'.
A stream in the Bazglran mountains, near Du Pulan.—(/ScAmfe)

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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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