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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎236r] (476/982)

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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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KALEH FATHABlD—
A fort in Kirman, 13£ miles north-west of Sang, on the road to Yazd.—
{Sykes, 1894.)
KALEH FULAD—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the left bank of the Marun river in the Hindian valley passed
on the road from Behbehan to Gargari. It contains 150 inhabitants—Beh-
behanis whose occupations are linseed, rice, and grain cultivation. Re
sources : 50 donkeys and 50 sheep.— {Lorimer.)
KALEH JINAN— Lat.
Long.
Elev.
A ruined fort in lars, 1£ miles south-east of Kazarun.—(IF. 0. Revort on
Persia, Part II, Route 50.) 1
KALEH KAlD HAIDAR— Lat. 29° 37' 8"; Long. 56° 33' 48"; Elev.
A fort in the Ganaveh district of Ears situated on the coast between
Bandar Dilam and Bandar Rig. It consists of twelve huts, situated on a
bay with a sandy shore. It is a small place, with a fort, and has about
a hundred inhabitants, mostly weavers.— {Brucks—Colville )
Bell, 16th June 1884, passed this place on the road from Behbehan to
Bushire, and writes :—
Leaving the uneven country, 2 to 3 miles from Kaleh Haidar, the country
! undulates gently to the village, which is built on a low, sandy mound close
to the shore : on the shore side it is surrounded by gardens of melons
Wells are numerous, though the water in some of them is brackish and used
for irrigation only A narrow bank of sand, 12 feet high, here constitutes
the coast line The ground about the village, a sandy clay, grows excellent
crops of wheat and barley. The inhabitants possess flocks of sheep eoats
and donkeys. 8 *
KALEH K AIR AN— Lat. Long. Elev
A curious shaped hill in the Chavar valley in Kirmanshah. It is west of
the Manisht Kuh and north of the road from the Ivan vallev tr»
Deb Baa The hi]l which is perhaps i mile in length, is surrounded on
all sides by the high cliff; below the cliff is a sloping mound which termi
nates several hundred feet below in low hills, ravines and forest. Above the
; cliff are sloping banks with a small, flat summit on which grow a few trees
The hill rises tat least from 800 to 1,000 feet above the valley in which it is
situated, and is inaccessible.
It is said that in ancient times there was a fort on its summit to which
access was obtained by ladders.
The hill overlooks the Dek Bala valley and forms a prominent land-
mark.—(Vaughan.)
KALEH KALEH WAND-Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Northern Arabistan, situated 5 miles south of Dizful on the
east side of tlm Diz river. It contains 40 houses, a small fort, and four
gardens, and is inhabited by Kurds, Sagvand and Dizfulis Its fight
ing strength is 100 men with 10 rifles. Water is obtained from the river
Diz. Ihe people are agiculturists.—(Pemtm Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)

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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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