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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎358v] (721/982)

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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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NAR—NAS
NlRP— Lat. 29° 45' N. Long. 56° 40' E. Elhv.
A village near Nigar (q. v.) in the Kirman district.
NARZ— Fadumi.
NASA— Lat. 28° 8' N. Long. 56° 25' E. Elev. about 3,300'.
A village in Kirman, 25 miles north-west of Ahmadi, on the road between
Bandar Abbas and Saidabad. It consists of some 10 huts with a four-bast-
tioned fort in fair repair, a large date-grove and a little cultivation. Few
supplies are procurable and the water, thmgh plentiful, is not good. There
is a limited quantity of camel-grazing.—(iVewcomew, 1905.)
NAS BAND— Lat. Long. Elev.
A fort in Fars, 9 miles west of Khvansar, on the Kirman-Shlraz road. —
(Preece, 1892.)
NASHALIL TANG-I— Lat. Long. Elev. 2,800'.
A narrow valley m the Lower Bakhtlarl country, leading south-eastwards
out of the plain of Malamir near its southern extremity. The Bakhtiari
caravan route passes through it on its 12th stage from Isfahan between
miles 195 and 203. The valley has all the appearance of an English park
dotted over with good-sized oaks, were it not for the innumerable stones
in the grass and the rocky hills which enclose it on both sides. High up
in a cavern, in the rocks on the left of the road just after entering it from
the Malamir plain, called the Shikaft-i-Sulaiman are found a number of
sculptures either of Susian or Achsemian origin, and dating back to 800 or
900 B.C. Its south-eastern exit is about 4 miles from Kaleh-i-Tul. There
is no water to be found in this valley.— (Arbuthnot, 1905.)
NASlMABAD— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village 10 miles north-west of Yarpusht on the road from Isfahan to
Burujird.— {Schindler.)
NASIRABAD— Lat Long. Elev.
A village in Southern Arabistan on the right bank of the river Hindlan,
1£ miles south-south-east of Sarkhurreh. It is inhabited by 500 Ja’afarls,
who cultivate grain and own 400 animals, cattle and donkeys.— Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
NASIRABAD (1)— Lat. 28° 43' N. Long. 53° 51'E. Elev.
A village in south-east Fars about 23 miles from Jehrum on the road
thence to Fasa. The village lies a little to the north of the road.—
{Abbott — Stotherd, 1893.)
NASIRABAD (2)—Lat. 29° 12'N.; Long. 54° 14'B.; Elev.
A village in Fars on the southern shore of Lake Nirlz, 6 miles west of
Niriz town and on the road thence to Fasa, A road to Bavanat also bran
ches off about here. The village only contains a few huts, but there is a
stream of good drinking water.— {Stotherd, 1893.

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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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