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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎286r] (576/982)

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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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Long.
Elky.
KtfH-I-KULmO-LAT.
A peak at the northern end of the Qahlz plateau to the right of the road
from Isfahan to Burujird. Has its name from its resemblance to a pick,
hulunk. — {Schindler .)
KtH-I-KU’MASUN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A range of hills., a few miles to the left of the road from Isfahan to
Burujird, between Qahiz and Tihran-Karvan.— {Schindler.)
KCH-I-MAHAS— Lat. Long. Elev.
A very high range of precipitous mountains of red limestone in Ears,
bounding the Kazarun plain on the south. - {MacGregor — Newcomen, 1905.)
KtH-I-MALVAItl—mde MALVARI (KHH-I-).
KUH-I-MA’tDAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A hill in Ears above the town of Darab {q.v). It is so called because of
the number of mines in it. It is said that copper, iron and silver are to be
found here. None of the mines are worked at the present time, nor have
they been for a great number of years.— {Preece, 1884.)
KUH-I-MEHARLLf— Lat. Long. Elev. 7,800'.
A mountain in Ears situated near the village of the same name. The prin
cipal peak is the one which bears this name, and overhangs the lake. The
elevation is approximate only. A bridlepath from Juium, in the plain
of Shiraz, leads to the summit—{Durand.)
KthH-I-MUND— Lat. Long. Elev. (highest point) 2,682'.
A coastal range of sandstone hills running through the districts of
Tangistan in Ears into that of Dashti. It lies parallel to the sea, a mile
or two inland, and divides the inland valley of Tangistan from the coast.
At its northern extremity, called Ching Kauntar, its height is only 467
feet, and it attains its highest elevation at the Bu Raial peaks in the middle
behind Bu’lkhair. It is crossed in one or two places by passes between
the coast and the Khurmuj valley. The southern end of the range abuts
on the Mund river, whence its name, but it is also called the Khh'i-Kar.
[Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
KUH-I-MANGARREH— See MANGARREH.
KUH-I-MANGASHT— vide MANGASHT (KtfH-I-).
Kf}H-I-MANISHT— vide MANISHT KtJH.
KUH-I-MAZARIM— Elev. 7,800'.
A range of mountains in the Bakhtiari country. Its eastern slopes abut
on the right bank of the Ab-i-Bazuft, about 8 miles below tne Pul-i-
’Amarat. The Bakhtiari caravan road runs along a northern spur of the
range, on its 9th stage from Isfahan, between miles 146 and 150. ^
The pass of the same name is crossed by the Isfahan- Arabistan trade
road, immediately above and to the west of the Pul-i* Amarat bridge over

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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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