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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎371r] (746/982)

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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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QAB—QAI
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QABANEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the east shore of ’Abbadan island. It contains 6 mud huts
and is inhabited by Thawamir.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
QABR-UN-NAKHUDA— Lat. Long. Elev.
Name of a low islet, 10 miles north-west by north of Dairah island, on the
| coast of Khuzistan. From the south end of this island, a bank, partly dry at
low water, extends southward as far as the entrance of Khur Musa ; it
forms the eastern bank of that inlet.—(Constable — Stiffe — Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Pilot.)
QADRABAD— Lat. 30° 16' 50" N. Long. 53° 19' E. Elev. 6,250'.
A large and rich village in Ears, in the Murghab district and about 1 mile
north-east of Mashhad-i-Murghab, near the post-road from Isfahan to Shi
raz. It is a small, old fort with a larger one added around it. The near
est point of the Pulvar river is only a 20 minutes’ walk from it. The same
stream waters both Murghab and Qadrabad ; there are also springs in the
neighbourhood. It possesses much cultivation and plantations of poplar
and vineyards, for which last it is especially celebrated : much of the land
lies fallow owing to desertion of the ryots in consequence of bad years
arising from the locusts.— (MacGregor — Sawyer — Arbuthnot, 1905 — Slack-
man.)
QAIDARI (Canal) —
A branch from the right bank of the Fallahieh canal in Southern ’Arabis-
tan.— (Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
QAlN PlRAN—
Another name for th^ Kur river at Hashimabad. The breadth of the
stream here is 30 yards, with high and steep banks.— (Grahame, 1908.)
QAIS ISLAND— Lat. 26° 32' 44" N. Long. 53° 54' 25" E.
An island in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; still of considerable and in former times of
great importance ; it is situated 11 miles off the coast of the Shlbkuh dis
trict, slightly nearer to Chira than to Charak, being divided from the main
land by a fine channel from 20 to 30 fathoms deep. Qais, in its conform
ation resembles an oval, and slightly convex, stud : it measures about 10
miles in length from west to east by 4| in breadth and rises from the coast
to a plateau in the interior which is 120 feet above sea-level. The shores
of the island are low and the beach sandy with rocky points ; eastwards
and westwards Qais ends in very low cliffs. The island is encompassed
by a reef which is nowhere more than a mile broad and has deep water
immediately outside it. The general colour of the island is alight brown
and is bare of vegetation, except a few scattered date-groves and some
stunted herbs. The water-level is high, and near the beach, in he locality
called Sar Masheh, sweet water can be obtained by digging to a depth of
between 1 and 4 feet.
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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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