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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [288r] (580/982)
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
565
KCH-I-RANG (BAR €HASMEH-I-)—w’de BAR CHASMEH-I-KtH-I-RAG.
KUH-I-RUKH— Lat. Long. Elev.
The Kuh-i-Rukh is the watershed of the country south-west of Isfahan,
and is crossed by the road to Shushtar at about 45 miles from Isfahan, by
the Gardan-i-Rukh, 8,120 feet (q.v.). It forms the boundary between the
Isfahan and Chehar Mahal districts. The ascent to the Gardan-i-Rukh is
steep and strewn with stones and boulders, ruling gradients ^ toy 1 ^. The
last ascent consists of steep zig-zags. The descent is more gentle than the
ascent, but the boulders blocking it are of larger size, some over 6 feet high.
For 100 yards the road is very narrow and for 100 feet the gradient i s 1.
it then becomes a stony and broad path with gradients yV to y 1 Bell
1884.) ^
KUH-I-SAFlD— vide SAFID (KUH-I-).
KtJH-I-SAFlDDAR or AZIDEHA— Lat. Long. Elev
A range of mountains, above the valley of the Kara Aghach river, Fars.
Highest point on south-east, about 9,200 feet above sea; top of the peak
to east of pass about 7,600 feet.— (Durand.)
KUH-I-SANG-I-ATISH— Lat. Long. E lev.
A mountain near the eastern boundary of Fars, some 45 miles north of
Furg. It is covered with snow in winter. The name means “ the moun
tain of flint stone.”— (Vaughan, 1887.)
K0H-I-SHAHAN —Lat. Long. Elev.
A range in the Bakhtiari country, to the west of the Kuh-i-Rang, which
reaches a height of 12,000 feet, with a perpendicular drop on the north side
of 3,000 feet. Its summit is reached by a made bridlepath, and the
mountain is traditionally the resori of pdzan (ih^x).—(Sawyer, 1890.)
KUH-I-BHARAQ— Lat. Long. Elev.
An isolated, rocky hill on the western extremity of the Marvdasht
plain.— (Grahame, 1908.)
KUH-I-SHISH PIR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A peak in Fars, which bears north 42° west from the village of Zarqan.
which is about 18 miles east of Shiraz. It is usually covered with snow
and near it are some celebrated springs of water.— (Morier.)
KGH-I-SHUTURAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A high mountain range, a continuation of the Safid Kuh (q.v.) towards
the north-west. It has an elevation of about 12,000'.— (Schindler.)
KUH-I-SIAH (1)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A range of mountains in Fars to the east of the Kuh-i-Khurmuj
between which the road from Lavar to Kalimeh goes.— (£<. John.)
KUH-I-SIAH (2)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A range of mountains in Fars, bordering on the district of Padina, near
the mountains of Hina.— (Durand.)
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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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