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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [285r] (574/982)
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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KUH-KUH
559
Kt}H-I-JEHAN-BlN— Lat. ' Long. E lev. 13,000'(?)
A steep and lofty mountain of Lur-i-Buzurg on the south-west border of
the Chehar Mahal. It runs north-west to south-east for some 15 miles.
It is a continuation of the Chin range from which it is separated by a col or
pass, called the Gardan-i-Shaikh ; which latter takes its name from a vast
rocky mass called the Kuh-i-Shaikh, really an offshoot from the Jehan-
bln. The Jehan-bin is remarkable for its rugged and jagged peak,
in contrast to the rounded summits of the mountains of this country.
Under the shadow of its precipitous cliffs to the villages of Shamsabad
and Kharagi on the Bakhtiari caravan route. On its slopes^ are many
springs of water, and in summer the black tents of the Bakhtiari and nomad
tribes from Isfahan.— (Burton, 1903 — Arbuihnot, 1905.)
KUH-I-KABIR— vide KABlR KUH.
KUH-I-KAFlRGAH— vide KUH-I-KHARAN.
KUH-l-KAL or KUH-I-KASAB— Lat. Long. Elev.
A range of rounded, gravel and sandstone hills in south-west Ears, to the
east of the road between Shumba and Baghan.— (Butcher, 1888.)
KOH-I-KALADJAH— vide KUH-I-VARHALAN.
KUH-I-KALEH-I-DUKHTAR— Lat. Long. Elev. 3 938'.
A mountan situated a few miles north-east of Ahram, the capital town
of the Tangistan district of Ears. Hot sulphur springs are said to issue
from its western face. Vide also this gazetteer— Tangistan district and
Ahram.— (
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
KUH-I-KALl— Lat. Long. Elev.
A hamlet of Luristan, passed at about 4 miles from Khurramabad on
the road to Deh Bala.— (Burton, 1897.)
KtH-I-KALLAR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A range in the southern Bakhtiari country, joining at its eastern extremity
to the Sabz Kuh, and attaining an altitude of over 12,000 feet. It is of
more rugged and barren character than the Sabz Kuh.'— (Sawyer, 1890.)
KUH-I-KAM FIrCZ-Lat. 30 o 29'37 ,/ N. Long. 51°59'7"K Elev. 12,230*.
A range of mountains covered with perpetual snow in Ears, commencing
about 60 miles north-west of Shiraz and running north-west and south
east. It is marked in the map as (?) 16,000 feet, but Baring does not
think it can be so high.— (Baring.)
KUH-I -K ART ANG— Lat. Long. Elev.
A mountain in Ears to the north of Shumbeh.— (Ross.)
KtH-I-KHAKl— Lat. Long. Elev.
A low range of sandstone hills fronting the main maritime rauge of Ears, to
wards the Dashti district. The range starts below Khiirmuj town and extends
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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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