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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [342r] (688/982)
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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MIH—MIN
673
Eps.
MIHDlEH—
A division of the ’Anafijeh tribe {q.v.).
MIHRABAD (1)— Lat. 29° 29' N. ; Long. 53° 21' E. ; Elev.
A small, square, fortified village in Ears, about 7 miles east of Khirameh
on the road to Niriz. It lies a short distance to the south of the lake
and derives its water from a qandt coming from the south. It is the last
of the villages on the road from Shiraz owned by the Quvvam-ul-Mulk.—■
(Dobbs, April 1903.)
MIHRABAD (2)— Lat. 31° 2' N. ; Long. 53° 24' E.; Elev.
One of the chief villages of the Abrquh district of Ears, 12 miles south of
Abrquh town. It is surrounded by extensive walled cultivation. Water is
obtained from qanfits, some of which are old, and some new.— (MacGregor —
Neivcomen, 1905.)
MIHRAKAN— Lat. 26° 46' N.; Long. 54° 50' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Lingeh district, 22 miles north-west of the town of that
name, on the road to Bastak. It has a population of 200 persons. Small
quantities of grain and firewood are obtainable, and water from a number
of wells, about 60 feet deep, is good and abundant.— (Vaughan, December
1887—
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
MILAGIRD— Lat., Long. Elev. 7,590*.
A village in the Earidan dnision of the Isfahan province, 7 miles from
Nimagird. It is inhabited by about 100 Armenian families who pay yearly
taxes amounting to 228 iwmaws =Rs. 912. The village is Government pro
perty.— (Schindler.)
MILAIHAN, vide KARGN (River).
MlLAK—L at. 29° 33'N.; Long. 59° 7'E.; Elev.
A village in the Mazara’i district of Ears, H miles north of Dasht-i-
Kur. It contains 20 houses, and there is cultivation of wheat and
barley.— (
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
MILK BIN MU’ALLA—
A tract between the Diz and Karkheh rivers, containing the villages
of Jirqeh Saiyid Ahmad and ’Amaleh Karim Khan. It is irrigated by two
permanent canals from the Karkheh river.— (
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
MlLU or MILLU— Lat. Long. Elev.
A seaside village in the Lingeh district (q.v.).
MIMAND—
A village in Kirman, situated on the banks of a stream, in a gorge,
3 miles north-west of the road from Bahramabad to Shiraz, and 38 miles
from the former town.— (Preece, 1892.)
MIN AM— Lat. Long. Elev.
A town in Kirman, Persia, 141 miles west of Kirman, on the road to Shiraz,
L 26 miles east of Shakr-i-Babak. It consists of 300 or 400 caverns excavated
112 LB. 4 Q
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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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