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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎353v] (711/982)

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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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MUQ-MUR
MURADABAD—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Bala Khafrak district of Ears. —{MacGregor.)
MURCHAGAN—Lat. Long. . Elev.
A village on the road from Chighakhur to Falard, 7 farsakhs from the
former.— [Schindler.)
MURDEH FlL—L at. Long. Elev.
A valley in Khuzistan between Malamlr and Khar-i-Shutur Zar.
It is all of a slaty rock, and the country is wild and mountainous, but
there are some patches cultivated by the Janika of the Arab Gumish
tr ibe.—( DeBode .)
MURDEH FlL (AB-I-), vide LABEHRl (SHUR-I-)-
MURDI—Lat. 28° 53' N. Long. 53 0 56' E. Elev.
A village in the Fasa district of Ears, 18 miles by road east of Fasa town on
the road to Darab. It is situated on a stream of the same name and contains
50 houses. The inhabitants number 150, and own 20 oxen and 600 sheep,
but no donkeys or mules. Some Indian corn is grown here, and about 2,000
mans of wheat and barley and 70 mans of poppy seed are sown anually.
Abbott calls the place “ village fort ”.—(H66o«—Preece, 1884 .)
MURDICHAl—
A river in Ears crossed between Pusht-i-Pa and Suk on the road from
Shiraz to Bushire.—(Pe%.)
MURGHAB, vide MASHHAD-I-MURGHAB.
MURHIS—
A valley in the Sirjan district of Kirman which extends from Khan-i-Surkh
to the foot of the Kuh Kazar and contains numerous villages. There is one
village of the same name where there is a serai, but no supplies are pro
curable.— [Lovett.)
MU QAM— Lat 26° 52' N. Long. 53° 31' E.
A port on the coast of the Shlbkuh district of Persia, situated at 22 miles
east of Shivuh at the mouth of a considerable valley. It consists of 250
houses inhabited by a mixed population of Arab and Persian origin, who
are mostly Sunnis of the Shafili school. A few of the people are merchants,
but the majority are seamen, divers, cultivators and date-growers. This
is the port for the Tarakameh and Ishkani districts with which it has
relatively good communications ; there is also considerable communication
between it and Bahrain, ’Oman and Masqat town. Live-stock are 6
horses, 20 camels, 40 donkeys, 120 cattle and 100 sheep and goats. Date
palms number about a thousand. Water is from 5 reservoirs and from
6 sweet wells. Vessels are 12 sambvqs, 30 baqdrehs, 5 shu ais and
2 varjis of which some go to the Arabian coast. This is the seat of the
Hamadi Shaikh, who is under the authority of the Governor of Bastak. The
Imperial Customs have a post at Muqam which is a centre of smuggling.

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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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