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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [356r] (716/982)
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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NAG-NAH
701
on the Bakhtiari caravan route after its descent from the Zirreh pass (8,700
feet) to the south. The houses are built in terraces on the steep mountain
side. It is one of the residences_ of Muhammad Javad Khan, the Munta-
zam-ud-Dauleh, son of the late
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
, whose kaleh adjoins' the village
Here is the tower and house built by the late Isfandiar Khan,
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
of
the Bakhtiari. This consists of a large two-storeyed building of burnt
brick with a frontage of 100 yards, facing south-south-west. Behind is
a court, surrounded by rooms facing inwards, of a depth of 50 yards
In the rear face is a square tower of 3 storeys. There is a garden in front
surrounded by poplars, and there are some poplars and chindrs in the court
In both court and garden there are tanks supplied by a spring In
front the ground slopes to the Ab-i-Sabz Kuh, four miles distant in a straight
hne. Wheat is cultivated in the adjacent slopes. There is no fuel near.
Ine village is watered by two springs.
The village contains 350 houses and a population of some 1 200 souls
Live-stock comprises 100 horses, 300 donkeys, 300 cattle and 1,500 sheen
and goats. Prices per Shah! man of 131bs. in October and November 1906
To 16 •~ w k® a L 1-75 brans, barley, 1-25 krdns. There are 5 mills, and 10 or
12 gardens in the immediate neighbourhood, and more at a distance Soil
and water are both good. Wheat and barley must be owned in considerable
quantities. Taxes 2,000 krans per annum. Camping space abundant below
the village. A road leads from here to Ardal (N.-W.) and another to
CKghakhur (East.)—(import of a journey through the Bakhtldrl country to
ShusUar-Ramsden, m2-Burton, mt-Arbuthnot, 1905-Lonmer
190b.) *
NAHAIYO—
A sub-divison of the Bani Saleh tribe {q.v, ).
NAHR BUZIEH—
• , Tll , e nv ® r Jar ^ al11 m Khuzistan divides at about 7 miles above Fallahieh
into two branches, one of which, generally termed the Nahr Buzieh, runs
into the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
at Khur Musa, near Bandar Ma’shur. ~{Layard.)
NAHR HASHIM, vide KUT NAHR HASHIM.
NAHR-I-MASRUQAN—
The ancient name of the Ab-i-Gargar canal in Khuzistan.— (Zayard.)
NAHR SHITAWL—
mitAT 1 08 from the right bank of the Jarrahl river about 1
" f 1 Gh uwazi. 9 jadduns of land are under cultivation. -
{
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
NAHR- UL-FALL AHlEH—
A canal in Khuzistan, which connects the Katun with the Jarrahi river.
in tra 8 vc I ir ra T * b ° Ut rr *7* Wlde ’ and is navI g aljle for boats. It is used
in travelling between Hindian and Muhammareh ' (Pellv 1
NAHR-UL-JABAR— ‘
A canal m Khuzistan, crossed 6 miles from ’Abd-uI-Hasan between
Hmdian and Muhammareh.—-(Pe/Zy.) ’ oeiween
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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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