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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎339r] (682/982)

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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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MAZRA’EH (2)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place in Ears, five stages from Shiraz, on the eastern road
thence to Yazd.— {MacGregor.) .
MAZRA’EH ’ALl RIZA KHAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Kirman, 37 miles from Sar-i-Yazd, on the road from that
place to Kirman, via Gird Kuh. It has a stream of excellent water.—
{Wood, October 1899.)
MAZRA’EH BlLA— Lat. 31° 36'N.; Long. 54° 31'E.; Elev.
One of the five towns forming the town of Mehriz {g.v). — {Vaughan,
1890.)
MAZRA’EH KUNAR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Yazd district, lying in the sandy plain to the south of the
Palangan range.— {Vaughan, 1890.)
MAZRA’EH PAIN— Lat. 31° 36' N. ; Long. 54° 31' E. ; Elev.
One of the five towns forming the town of Mehriz {q.v.).—{Vaughan,
1890.)
MAZRA’EH SAPID (1)— Lat. Long. Elev.
A small village in the district of Yazd, some 4 miles south of Turum
Pusht.— {Vaughan, 1891.)
MAZRA’EH SAFID (2)— Lat. Long.
A village in the district of Yazd, some 8| miles
It contains 70 houses. There is a copious supply
stream and good grazing.— {Vaughan, 1891.)
MAZRA’EH SALIHABAD— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Northern ’Arabistan, 10 miles north-west of Dizful and west of
the river Diz. There are no houses here at the present time. There is a fertile
tract, about 4 miles by 6 inches extent, partially watered by qandts from
the Bala Rud. The soil is very good but the supply of water is limited
and most of the tract is irrigated. The crops include wheat, barley, water
and musk-melons and sometimes Jcunjid. The cultivators are inhabitants
of Dizful town. The place belongs to the descendants of one Haji Saiyid
Husain Shushtari, who obtained it in perpetual tizul from Shah Muhammad
Shah! ; of the actual owners some reside at Shushtar and some at Dizful.
The original founder was Saleh Muhammad Khan, and the ruins of a fort,
hammdm, etc., built by him, are still visible.
MAZRA’EH-I-SHAH ’ALl— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the district of Yazd, situated in the Deh Bala valley {q.v.),
— {Vaughan, 1890.)
MAZRA’EH-I-SHGR— Lat. 31° 29' N.; Long. 54° 42' E.; Elev.
A hamlet in Kirman, about 30 miles south-east of Yazd, and f mile to the
east of the post road from that place to Kirman. Close to it are the ham-
4 P 2
Elev.
south of Turum Pusht.
of water from a qandt

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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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