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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [356v] (717/982)
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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NAH—NAJ
NAHR-UL-KHIDHAR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the east shore of ’Abbadan island. It contains 30 mud
houses and is inhabited by Dris. -{
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
nahr-ush-shaikh—
A canal in the Fallahieh district of Southern ’Arabistan, on the left
bank of the river Jarrahi, with which it is connected. There are gardens,
and 40 fadddns of land are cultivated by mixed Arabs living in reed and
mat huts. Their fighting strength is 40 men, of whom 30 are mounted and
30 armed with rifles.—(
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
NAHR YUSUF, vide MUHAMMAREH District.
NAI MUSHKI—
A hamlet in the Bastak district of Laristan, about 36 miles west of
Bandar ’Abbas, and 4 miles south of the road from that town to Lar.
It consists of some six houses contain ng about 30 inhabitants, who grow
dates and cultivate a little barley. Water is obtained from wells and from
one cistern.— (ShaJcespear, 1905.)
NAIS (1)—
A division of the ’Anafijeh tribe, (q. v.).
NAIS (2)—
A sub-division of the Bani Turuf (q. v. ).
NAIZAR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the road from Bushire to Ahwaz along the coast, 54 miles
short of the latter; there were many herds of sheep and goats seen here.
The Arabs depend on pools of rain water and move camp as these dry up.
(Bailward, 1905.)
NAJAFABADU (1)—Lat. 29° 24' N. Long. 55° 41' E. Elev.
A village in Kirman, 5 miles south of Saidabad, on the road from there
to Bandar Abbas.— {Gill, 1880.)
NAJAFABAD (2)— Lat. 30° 23' N. Long. 55° 54* E. Elev.
A village 7 miles south-west of Bahramabad in the district of Rafsinjan.
20 houses, surrounded by cultivation and gardens. Water excellent from
kdrizes. — {Gibbon, 1908.)
NAJAFABAD (3)— Lat. 30° 16' N. Long. 56°55' E. Elev.
A village in Kirman, about 7 miles west of the city of that name, on the
road to Saidabad.— {Napier, 1899.) j
NAJAFABAD (4)— Lat. 32° 37' N. Long. 51° 22' E. Elev. 5,800'.
Seventeen miles from Isfahan. A large and prosperous town, surrounded
by gardens and vineyards and somewhat celebrated for its grapes, which
used to be sold to the Armenians of Julfa for making wine, but Agha
Najafi has now forbidden this. Town contains 150 houses; population
1,000; 1,000 sheep and many mules and donkeys are owned by the towns-
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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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