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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [299v] (603/982)
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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LAI—LAK
5 68
LAlBiD— La.t. 32° 24' N. Long. 51° 6* E. Elev.
A village situated on the slopes of the Pishambadi hills between Bagh-i-
Vahsh and Qehfarukh on the Isfahan-Shushtar road. It consists of 80
houses with 400 inhabitants. The water-supply from 3 qandts is not
sufficient for all the land belonging to the village. 5,850 lbs. of grain are
sold yearly.— (Schindler—Preece.)
LAIDtJN— Lat. 30° 1' N. Long. 53° 5' E. Elev.
A village in the valley of the Pulvar river in Ears, about 15 miles north
of the ruins of Persepolis. It stands on some hillocks at the foot of a cliff
on the left bank of the river. Near the village the valley is cultivated,
a large portion of the ground being allotted to vineyards, the vines in
which are hardly bigger than gooseberry bushes.—(Ussher.)
LAIHANEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A walled village in Ears, about 3 miles from Niriz on the road to Khir.-r
(Dobbs, 1903.)
LAILATAIN— Lat. 29° 56' N. Long. 50° 12 7 E. Elev.
A village in the Liravi district of Ears, administratively dependent on
Bandar Dilam. It is situated on the coast 8 miles south of Bandar
Dilam. It contains 30 houses of Lurs who cultivate wheat and barley.
The village has a tower.— (Luyurd—Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
LAILATl— Lat. 30° 6' N. Long. 50° 10' E. Elev.
A village in the Liravi district of Ears, administratively dependent on
Bandar Dilam. It is situated 4 miles north-east of Bandar Dilam on
the road thence to Behbehan, and contains 12 houses, inhabited by mixed
Lurs.'— (Felly—Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
LAILUM— Lat. Long. Elev.
A stream rising among the Judaki in Luristan. See Tang-i-Lailum.—•
(Bell.)
LAIPEH —Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Shabankareh district of Ears, 2 miles west of Deh Ruhr
neh. It contains 30 houses inhabited by original Persians, who grow wheat,
barley and water-melons. The villagers own 7 horses, 40 donkeys and
400 sheep ; some wool is exported from here to Bushire via Shif. This
village has a small tower. —(
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
LAIRGDN —Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place in Ears, about 20 miles from Shiraz, on the road tq
Isfahan via Abadeh. —(MacGregor.)
LAKFEH —Lat. Long. Elev.
A long, narrow wall of sand in Bushire harbour, lying only 1 to 3 feet
below water. (Vide this Gazetteer—Bushire Town.)— (Foreign Department
@(izetteer, 1905.)
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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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