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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎382v] (769/982)

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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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751
RAN— BAS
RANJ-I-GAMBIL (?)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A high hill near Shish PIr, Ears, visible from all the surrounding country.
The ascent is difficult, the lower slopes are covered with thistles. Height of
topmost peak, 12,900 feet. (Durand.)
RAQA’AT-UL-’ALl—L at. Long. Elev.
A great submerged sand bank running out from the Bud Hdleh coast into
the Bushire harbour, vide this Bushire Town.— (Foreign Depart
ment Gazetteer, 1905.)
BAR—
One of the eight Mahals of Isfahan, it forms the eastern part of Chehar
Mahal, and is divided into Upper and Lower. The principal villages are
Saman, Dch Gird, Zanian, Bain, Girmin, Dastana, Shalamzar, Gehrud,
Mafishaijan, Qehfarukh, Hulanjan, Khoi, Sudei&n—(Schindler.)
. BAS— Lat. 26° 51' N. Long. 53° 13' E. Elev.
A hamlet in the island of Shaikh Shu’aib, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , with a round
tower and a few trees, containing about 20 houses ; it is about a mile east
of the most westerly point of the island. The inhabitants possess 6 fishing-
boats, 20 date-palms, 6 donkeys, 10 cattle and 100 sheep and goats.—
(Constable— Stifle—Persian Gulf Pilot—Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
BAS AKHTAB— Lat. 27° 40' 20"; Long. 52 d 20'. Elev.
A low point on the coast of Ears. Between it and Ras-ul-Asvat there is
a small bay where boats anchor.— (Bruchs.)
BAS BABDISTAN— Lat. 27° 49' 30"; Long. 52° 21' 5". Elev.
An elevated bluff-point on the coast of Ears.— vide Bardistan.— (Bruchs.).
RlS BARKAN—Lat. 30° 0' 57". Lon. 49° 35' 22"; Elev.
A point off the coast of Khuzistan, being the south-west point of the flat
that runs off the Hindian river, parallel with the coast, east to long. 50°,
where it extends about 1| miles off shore. It is composed of mud, and in
some parts of patches of sand and clay.— (Bruchs — Constable — Stifle.)
BlS BUSTANEH— Lat. (south point) 26° 29' 54". Long. 54° 38' 4".
A low headland on the coast of La •, which forms the south-east point of
Mughu Bay. It is a safe sound at a distance of three-quarters of a mile in 6
or 7 fathoms.— (Bruchs.)
BAS CHlBU— Lat. 26° 41' 31" ; Long. 53° 36' 38".
A long, low, projecting, sandy point on the coast of Lar, which forms the
bay of Chiru. A sandy reef runs from it in a west-south-westerly direc
tion, with soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. of from 1| to 5 fathoms on it; but there is no danger
on it in or outside 3| fathoms, as it shoals after you are on it gradually to
that depth. Outside of 6 fathoms the water suddenly deepens to 10, 13 and
17 fathoms.— (Bruchs.)
BAS HALlLEH— Lat. 28° 50' 30" ; Long. 50° 54'; Elev.
A point on the cost of Ears, forming the north side of Halileh bay on the
Bushire peninsula, of which it is the most southerly point. (Bruchs —
Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905.)

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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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