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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [267r] (538/982)
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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KHASHM MUHAMMAD QULI— Lat. 29° 14' N. Long. 51° 3' E. Elev.
A village near the north-east corner of the Angall district of Ears, 1 or 2
miles south of Haft Jush. It contains 20 houses inhabited by Arabs, calling
themselves Ban! Tamim, who cultivate wheat, barley and dates, and own
about 30 donk ys. --{
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
RHASHM NAU— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the Bushire peninsula {q. v.).
RHASHM SHAIKH HAMUD— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Rudhilleh district of Ears, containing 20 houses of Ban!
Hajlr and Bani Tamim Arabs. Wheat and barley are grown, and there
are a few horses and donkeys in the village. Its position is uncertain.—
(
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
RHASHM ZAIR KH1DHR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Tangistan district of Ears, 7 miles north of Ahram, con
taining 20 houses. The people grow wheat, barley and water-melons, and
collect firewood.— {
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
RHASNEH— Lat. Long. . Elev.
A village (?) 17 miles from Darab, on the road thence to Easa, Ears.—
{Ouseleyr)
RHASRAJ—
A division of the Bani Lam {q. v.).
RHATREHABAD— Lat. Long. Elev. 5,000k
A village of Western Kirmanshah, 9 miles south-east of Karind, on the
road to Harunabad.— {Gerard.)
KHATT-I-KHUVAIN (?)— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village and ruined tower, 27 miles from Muhammareh, Khuzistan, on
the road thence to Shushtar.— {Schindler.)
KHAUNEH —Lat. Long. Elev.
A small mud-built village, with flat-roofed houses, in Ears, 5 hours’ journey
north-east of Shiraz.—(t/ss/ier.)
RHAUR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A place in Ears, the sixth halting-place on the road from Behbehan to
Qumisheh.—( Wells.)
RHAVlZ or KAHVIZ or HA VIZ— Lat. 28° 50' N. Long. 51° 22' E.
Elev. about 7,900'.
A place in the district of Ahram in Ears, lying just under the spurs of Khur-
muj. Being in an enclosed space, having mountains all round, it is very
hot. Thermometer was 105° here, in a tent, in the middle of May. There
was a hot wind, and the dust was terrible.— (Durand.)
3 U 2
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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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