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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎238v] (481/982)

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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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466
KAL—KAL
tillage is a large irrigation well, the water of which is drinkable but ver/
slightly brackish. Supplies are inconsiderable, but a moderate amount of
fuel is to be had from kundr and tamarisk bushes. Cultivation is fair ;
both the grazing and the camping ground are good..—(Butcher, 1888.)
KALEH SAIYID —Lat. Long. i Elev.
A village in Northern ’Arabistan, 7 miles south-east of Dizful. It contains
23 houses and a small fort, and is inhabited by Sagwand Lur cultivators
with a few Dizfulls. The fighting strength is 50 men with 6 rifles. The Ab-
i-Diz supplies water for the village.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
KALEH SAIYID AMIN or HAJI MUHAMMAD HUSAIN— Lat.
Long. Elev.
A village in Northern ’Arabistan, on the right bank of the river Gargar below
Mahibazan. The village is situated on the high bank above the river, but
has a garden on the rich, low-lying ground beside the river. Water is
obtained from a spring below the village and also from Mahibazan. The
village contains 6 mud and reed huts and is inhabited by mixed Shushtari
Arabs. Cotton and kunjid (rape seed) are cultivated in addition to other
crops. There are 3 rifles.—( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
KALEH SALARABAD— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Northern ’Arabistan, about 2 miles east of Kut ’Abd-ush-Shah,
and a little south of Shama’un. It is inhabited by Sagwand Lurs, Bakhtiari
and Arabs, who are agriculturists. It has a small fort, a fighting strength
of 200 men with 10 rifles, and is watered from the river Diz.— (Persian
Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
KALEH SANGAR— Lat. 33° 15' N. Long. 46° 15' E. Elev.
An enclosure in the Pusht-i-Kuh district of Luristan surrounded by a wall
of large stone some 6 feet high. It lies a short distance beyond Husainieh
on the road to Kut-ul-’Amareh, at the mouth of the Tang-i-Gunjanchum
defile. It is in a good position for defending the pass, for which purpose
it was built. It is, however, commanded by the hills on either side of
the valley.
In winter and spring the valley in the vicinity is covered by the tents
of the Fail! Lurs, and there is then abundant pasture ; but in the summer
it is deserted and burnt up.— (Maunsell, 1888.)
KALEH SARD— Elev. 4.750'.
A small village, in the lower Bakhtiari country, on the 10th stage from
Isfahan (157 miles) by the Bakhtiari caravan route. It is situated on
the right of the track 5 miles from Deh-i-Diz, on the slopes of the southern
spurs of .the Kuh-i-Safid.— (Arbuthnot, 1905.)
KALEH SHAHl TAQI— Lat. Long. Elev. 3,860'.
The name of a halting-place in Kirmanshah, about 20 miles south-west
of Karind in the Chila valley. There are the ruins of a Zoroastrian fort on
a mound on the south side of the valley. A stream flows close by and
there are springs. The hills to the south and close by are covered with
trees. Grazing and firewood plentiful; good grazing. Troops can

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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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