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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [292r] (588/982)
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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KUMANl—
A tribe of the T hran group of Luristan {q.v.).
KUMARIJ— See KAMARIJ.
KUMARUN vide GUMARUN.
KUMASHALl— vide CHIGHA-KHUR.
KUMBAL (River)— AB-I-8HIRIN.
RUMEH (R—Lat. Long. Elev.
A vil age of the Bam Rashid, an independent clan o Ra’abs tributary to
Rani's. There are said to be five hundred adult males io the village which
is composed of imts.— (Robertson.)
This is probably Runar.
RUMEH (2)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village m the Isfahan province, 12 miles from Isfahan, on the road to
Shiraz.— (M. S. Route.)
RUMRl— Lat. Long. Elev.
An uninhabited village situated in an offshoot of the Marvdashfc
plain in Ears, 7| miles from Qalat Khar on the south of the Shiraz road.
—(Preece, 1892.)
RUMRIAK(? KHURMAYAK)— Lat. 28° 46'42" N. Long. 52° 4'E. Elev.
A small village in Ears on the road from Bhshire to Eiruzabad and 85£
miles east of Bushire town. It consists on'y of 15 houses. Supplies of
cows, sheep, barley, bhiisd and firewood are available in moderate
quantities. The water is good j there is plenty of room availab.e for
camping.— (Swtherd, 1893.)
KUNAK or GAUNAK -vide KAHUNAK.
KUNARAB AD- -Lat. 29° 2' N. Long. 51° 11' E Elev.
A village in the Dashtistan district of Ears, closely connected with Chah
Kutah. It s sitaated m a plain south of Chah Kutah and contains 25 housed
of Damukh Dawasir Arabs. The village has a tower. —
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
RUN A R -1- SI AH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, 15 miles from FIruzabad, on the road to Kangan.
This is in winter a favourite resort of the nomadic tribes from its mild
climate. There are some plane trees. Water is procu ed from wells.—
(Jones.)
KUNARKU or KINAR KGH—Lat. 30° 9' N. Long. 50° 57' E. Elev.
A village in the LIravI district of Ears, administratively dependent
on Bandar Dllam. It is situated 8 miles north of Bandar DUam town,
and contains 60 houses inhabited by 300 mixed Lurs. Some grain is
grown here.— (
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
RUNAR PlR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the river Shatait (q. v.).
RUNAR SlAH—
* A village in Qishm Island (q. v.).
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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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