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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [250v] (505/982)
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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490
kar-kar
(Ap
proxi
mate)
mile.
499|
496
497J
4971
500
5011
601
602
502J
Name. 1
Bank.
Inhabitants.
Remarks.
Saiyid 'Abbas
L.
14 grass huts of 'Ikrish
of the Daghaghleh sec
tion, Persians, etc. They
have 7 rifles and 10
mounted men.
Wheat and barley are
grown. This place is situ
ated in a tract known as
Zuwlyeh. There is one
small ferry-boat here.
Ahwaz
L.
—
See article Ahwaz.
Nasiri
Aminyieh
L.
R.
65 mud houses mostly of
Hawashim, among whom
are 4 families of Sabi-
ans. There are 15
mounted men and 30
rifles.
See article Nasiri.
The Sabians are silver
smiths ; the other inhabi
tants cultivate wheat
and barley and own 51
donkeys, 20 mules and
some cattle and sheep.
The place is below the
Ahwaz rapids and nearly
opposite to NasirT, with
which is its trade.
Shikareh
L.
30 houses of mixed Arabs
and Persians : some are
of brick or mud, the
rest are mat huts.
Mounted men number
15 and rifles 20.
The village depends on
agriculture. One small
ferry-boat is kept. The
D’Arcy Oil Syndicate
made their cart-road to
Ramuz for the despatch
of plant from this place.
Harsheh
L.
20 mud houses of mixed
Arabs and A1 Bu Kurd.
There are 10 mounted
men and 10 rifles.
The village depends on
agriculture.
Kut Suwaiyid
L.
At present deserted
....
Kut 'Abdullah
L.
60 mud houses of Al Bu
Kurd and Bavleh.
There are 40 rifles and
30 mountel men.
Adjoins Kut Suwaiyid
from which it is separated
c nly by a small ridge.
Eetached on the south
side at about J of a mile
is a part of the village,
called Bait Haidar, which
is owned by Mirza Ham-
zah, the principal Arab
agent of the Shaikh of
Muhammareh. There is
a ferry with one small
! boat.
| Kut Saiyid S^li
h L.
60 mud houses of Bav'eh This is an agricultural com-
and Al B i Kurd. They munity. There is a small
have 20 rifles and 15 one-boat ferry,
mounted men.
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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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