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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [236v] (477/982)
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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KAL—KAL
KALEH KAMISIH— Lat. Long. Elev. 2,500 / .
A small village, in the lower Bakhtiari country, about 1 mile east of
Bagh-i-Malik, in the midst of rice cultivation.—(Morton, 1905.)
KALEH KARA BULAGH— Lat. 28° 51' N. Long. 54° 14' E. Elev.
A fort in Ears, 7 miles east-south-east of Shish Deh in the Fasa district. It
consists of a large tower in the centre, surrounded by four high walls flanked
by towers. In the space between the centre tower and the walls are one or
two wells of good water. It is owned by the Qavvam-ul-Mulk and is
a sort of rallying place for the black tents. When visited in 1884 there
were about 400 tents of 2,000 people owning 50 span of oxen, 5,000 sheep
and 200 donkeys here. About 200 mans of wheat and barley are sown
here annually.—(Preece.)
KALEH KAZl— Lat. Long. Elev.
A small village in Northern ’Arabistan lying between Shalghai and Najaf-
abad. It contains 20 houses and a small fort and is inhabited by Sagwand
Lurs and Dizful agriculturists. It musters a fighting strength of 50 men
with four rifles. Irrigation is worked from the Ab-i-Girab.—(Pem'cm 6ruZ/
Gazeetteer, 1908.)
KALEH KHUSHLA— Lat. Long. Elev.
A small fort in Kismanshah, 5 miles north-east of Khanlqin—(GerarcZ.)
KALEH KHUSRUABAD—Lat. 32° 15' N. Long. 48° 32' E. Elev.
A village in Northern ’Arabistan, a little east of Kaleh-i-Salarabad and
less than 4 miles from Kut ’ Abd-ush-Shah. It has an agricultural popula
tion of Bakhtiaris, Kurds and Dizlulis. It contains a small fort and a
water-mill and musters 150 fighting men with 14 rifles. The irrigation is
from the river DIz .—(
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
KALEH KIRAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A hill in the Pusht-i-Kuh division of Luristan, at the south-west corner
of the Deh Bala valley. It is shaped like a truncated cone with a summit
of about 500 yards diameter, scarped by perpendicular limestone cliffs
almost the whole way round. On the south-east side, for a short distance,
the cliffs disappear in a steep, rugged slope up which is a bridle-path.
There is no building at the top, but it is used by the tribes as a place of
refuge. It cannot be commanded from any of the neighbouring heights.
— (Maunsell, 1888.)
KALEH KIRMUZ— Lat. 29° 14' N. Long. 53° 58' E. Elev.
A fortified village in Ears on the south shore of lake Niriz, some 6 miles
from Khlr on the road to Nlriz. It has 12 towers or bastions, and is
the property of Mirza Muhammad ’All Khan. (Dobhs, 190o.)
KALEH KUH—
A range in the Northern Bakhtiari country. It is conspicuous by its
rugged peaks, which attain a height of 13,000 feet. It is the main source
of many springs and streams of the northern portion of the country, and its
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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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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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