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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [289v] (583/982)
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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568
KUH-KUH
KtfHISTAN (2) —
A district in Kirman, containing about 100 hamlets, lying north-east
of Zarand.— (Sykes, 1894.)
KUH-I-S UKHTEH—
A L-ange of hills in the Chehar Mahal district west of Isfahan,
bounding the valley which extends from Qahr a to Junaqan in the Khiar
sub-division on the south. This range is apparently a spur from the
Kuh-i-Kaleh.— (Stack.)
KUH-I-S CJMBULUH— vide KUH-I-YARD ALAN.
KUH-I-SURKH (l)-vide KUH-I-QATRU—
KUH-I-SURKH (2)—Lat. Long. Elev.
The south-eastern extension of the Kuh-i-Barzu-Ghalleh, between that
range of hills and the Kuh-i-Gav-i-Piseh, on the Isfahan-Shushtar road.—
(Sfhindler.)
KUH-I-SURKH-I-KALAT— Lat. Long. Elev.
A mountain in Ears, visible from Shiraz, and forming the head of the
well-known “ Dead man of Shiraz,” the Kuh-i-Barf, or Dirak, being the
bloated body .—(Durand.)
KUH-I-SURMEH— Lat. Long.
A range of hills, about 20 miles from
thence to Tihran-Karvan.— (Schindler.)
KUH-I-TARJUMl— Lat. Long.
A hill in south-west Ears, crossed on the road between Baghan and Riz
by a somewhat difficult pass with a rise of about 500 feet, causing delay to
mules and too narrow for the passage of be\d-g\ms.—(Butcher, 1888.)
KUH-I-TASH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A mountain on the frontier between the Isfahan and ’Arabistan pro
vinces, 63 miles south-west of Mahan—(Schindler.)
KUH-I-TUYARU— Lat. Long. Elev.
A wooded and grassy mountain in the Pish Kuh division of Luristan, to
the south-west of the Sirkani valley (q. v.). — (Burton, August 1897.)
KtJH-I- YARD ALAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A lofty range in the Pusht-i-Kuh district of Luristan. To the south-west
of the Band-i-Nua (the ancient Zagros) is a long ridge commencing near
Qasr-inShirm and running south-east, called in succession the Sumbuluh
Kuh, the Kalajeh Kuh, and Vardalan Kuh ; these are all the same range
and form the backbone of the mountains. This range is steep and impass
able for the greater part of its length, and at its south-east extremity
merges in the mountainous country of Pish Kuh, at the head-waters of
the Kashgan river. It is crossed on the track between Kirmanshah and
Deh Bala by the Vardalan Pass, at an elevation of 6,000 feet between 50
and 60 miles from Kirmanshah. On approaching the range from the
Elev.
Isfahan, to the right of the road
Elev.
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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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