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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎260v] (525/982)

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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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KHA-KHA
KHAIRABAD (10)—Lat. 30° 10'; Long. 56° 50'; Elev.
A hamlet in Kirman, about 14 miles from the town of that name, on the
road to Saidabad.— (Dobbs, 1902.)
KHAIRABAD (11)— Lat. 29° 28' N. Long. 55° 18' E. Elev. 5,500'.
A mud-walled village in Kirman, on the western edge of the great Jcavlr,
and on the road from Niriz to Saidabad.
It consists of an outer courtyard for cattle, and an inner one, round which
are clustered 9 houses. Below the village, towards the kavir, is a patch of cul
tivation, watered by a qandt of brackish water, and a few deserted houses.—
(Dobbs, April 1902.)
KHAIRABAD (12)—
A village in Kirman, 41 miLs from Saidabad, on the road to Baft.—
(Sykes, 1900.)
KHALAFABAD— Lat. 30° 53' N. Long. 49° 24' E. Elev.
The principal village of the Jarrahi district in Southern ’Arabistan,
and the seat, alternately with Ma’shur, of the Agent of the Shaikh of Mu-
hammareh by whom the district is governed. It stands on the left bank of
the river Jarrahi towards the upper end of the district, and 7 miles below
Cham-us-Sabi. The village consists of only about 40 mud houses. The
inhabitants are mixed Arabs and Persians engaged in agriculture; Some
fords cross the river near here, and are practicable for laden animals during
the greater part of the year, except after rain .—( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer,
1908.)
KHALAFI—
A canal in the Fallahieh district on the left bank of the Jarrahi river, at
a point called Khazineh, and apparently a little below the Ghaiyagi canal
on the opposite side. It irrigates 15 fadddns of land cultivated by the
Ka’b of the Dawariqeh section, who grow rice, linseed and dates. This
canal passes a little to the east of Buzieh, below which it falls into the
Khur Dauraq .—( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
KHALAFlEH—
A small canal in the Fallahieh district of Southern ’Arabistan, on the
right bank of the Jarrahi river, with which it is connected. It irrigates
6 fadddns of country producing wheat and barley. The people are Ka’b
of the Al Bu Na’im section .—( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
KHALATA-Lat. Long. Elev. 5,380'.
A village of about 30 houses, a few miles north-west of Karind, on the south
slope of the same chain of hills ; some gardens and trees ; water in abun
dance from streams. The place is inhabited by ’Ali-Illahis and is about
2| miles north of the Kirmanshah-Baghdad road. Supplies : sheep, wheat,
and barley.— (Vaughan.)
KHALIDABAD— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village 4| miles north of Fathabad on the road to Main.— (Grahame,
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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