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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [283r] (570/982)
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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KtTH-I-BANG or JABAL BANG or BAG— Lat. 29° 45' 25"; Long. 50° 22'
36"; E lev 1,000'. .
A range of hills in the Liravi district of Ears, some 24 miles south-east from
Bandar Dilam and 3 miles from the coast. They stretch for 12 miles
parallel to the coast and are precipitous on the seaward side; they contain
salt and gypsum. The highest point is 30 miles north-half-easi from Kharak
fort and is visible for upwards of 30 miles seawards.— (Constable ; Stifle ;
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.)
K0H-I-BARAFL— Lat. Long. Elev.
A hill near Shiraz— (Wells.)
KUH-I-BARZ GALLEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A range of hills 12 miles to the south of the Isfahan-Burujird road, strik
ing north-west to south-east; its south-eastern end is called the Kuh-i-Surk,
which, again, where it is crossed by the Isfahan-Shushtar road is called Kuh-
i-Gav-i-Piseh (q.v.). — (Schindler.)
KUH-I-BIRAMl— vide KUH-I-KHURMUJ.
KUH-I-BIRG, KUH-I-HAZAR, etc., etc. See under Birg, Hazar, etc.
KUH-I-BUL— Lat. 30° 47'21"N. Long. 52° 47' 38" E. Elev. 13,014'.
A mountain range in Ears, bounding the Iqlid plain on the south.—
(Vaughan, 1891.)
KUH-I-CHAH ABU ’ATI.— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the left bank of the Hindian river on the route from Bandar
Dilam to Behbehan. It is also known as Zireh Kik.—(Larimer.)
KUH-l-CHAL AVAR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A range of hills, bounding the Earidan district on the south, and its
northern end is a peak, called Kulah-i-Kazi, west of Miiagird.— (Schindler.)
KUH-I-CILAL-I-NIMAD-Lat. Long. Elev.
A mountain on the frontier between the Isfahan and ’Arabistan provinces.
' To the south of it is the Kuh-i-Lui and between the two, runs the Ab-i-
Behishtabad by the Tang-i Darkash Warkash.— (Schindler.)
KUH-I-CHAL-I-SHUTUR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A mountain in the Chehar Mahal district, 57 miles west-south-west of
Isfahan. The Ab-i-Behishtabad, one of the head-waters of the Karun, rises
in it.— (Schindler.)
KUH-I-CHIHAL— Lat. Long Elev.
A high range of mountains seen to the left of the road, about 50 miles
from Burujird, on the road to Isfahan — (Schindler.)
K OH -I-DAL AN or DARON— Lat. Long. Elev.
The mountain bounding the Qahiz plateau on the west, beginning in the
south near Asgharan and ending in the north, at Dumbaneh, at the eastern
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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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