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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎273r] (550/982)

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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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KHU-KHU
535
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river.
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water;
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5, Elev.
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little below Bandar ’Abbas. A small stream ot' brackish water was running
down tins m August. It serves to mark the limit of the district of Shamil
on the west. Is often called Sahlah.— (A.bdur Rahim.)
KHUR SINI Lat. 29° 50' 20 ,/ ; Long. 50° 18' 30" —( Bruchs) ; Elev.
A small creek on the coast of Ears, 8 miles south-south-east of Khur
Ladatain, and midway between Ras-ut-Tarub and the tomb which stands
7 mi es north-west of Sabz-Pushan. There is deep water inside and
Bracks reported 1 fathom on the bar at the entrance. To the south of it
is an old tomb ormasiid called Imam Husain, which is a good landmark *
there is a small village with some trees near it.—[Constable—Stiff—Bruchs
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Pilot Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
KHUR SULTANI— Lat. 28° 58' N. Long. 50° 55' E. Elev.
A large creek with a shallow bar, by which boats of light draught run
up to the wharv es at the town of Bushire. It passes close along the
east side of the town, where it is 2 cables broad, and has 4 to 6 fathoms
with a hard bottom; and thence runs south-eastward between Eudar and
Maharraq [q.v), where it splits into two branches, of which the principal
runs north-east betwixt Maharraq and Shaikh Sa’ad island. This branch
is called Khur Shakari and, bearing at first to the north-east,
sweeps round in a great semi-circle and eventually rejoins the bay at its
northern end. (EYdealsothis Gazetteer—Bushire peninsula.)— [Constable
—Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot—Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
KHUR a SUR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A place in the Lingeh district [q. v.).
KHUR UMM-UL-KARAM— Lat. Long. Elev.
A deep-water channel and the inner, or nearest to the mainland of the
Dashti coast of Ears, of the two which are enclosed by the Ras-uI-Mutaf
shoal opposite Daiyir. It takes its name from the island of the same
name at its head. The channel is described in this Gazetteer, vide
Ras-ul-Mutaf.—(Eoreq/w Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
KHUR VASTEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A deep-water “ Khur ”, or creek, running to the southward between Bun-
nah island and Dara island, coast of Khuzistan.— [Constable—Stiffe Per
sian Gulf Pilot.)
KHUR ZlARAT— -Lat. 28° 9' N. Long. 51° 19' E. Elev.
A small creek, 7 miles to northward of Ras-ul-Khan, on the coast of the
Dashti district of Ears. It forms the mouth of the Mund or Kara Aghach
river. It is entered by boats at high water, and may be said to be 12 miles
m length ; but its mouth or entrance is exposed. After rains a large quantity
of fresh water is discharged by this creek. The banks are low, and the coast
for a short distance to the north and for some 20 miles to the south, down
to _ Nakhilu shoal, is swampy. [Constable—Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot—
Hdfi Mlrza Saiyid Hasan—Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905.)

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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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