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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎385r] (774/982)

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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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In half an hour’s journey from the village that of the'pass of the same
name is reached, the ascent of which was easy but was capable of
improvement. Barometer 23 45 0 . Height 6,550'. The pass is given the
name of Tang-i-Mar or “ Pass of the snake ” from the steep descent from
it by a series of zig-zags. {Report of a Journey through the Bakhlldrl Country
to Shushtar.)
KAZBAND— Lat. 31° 54' N. Long. 49° 53' E. Elev.
A village on the caravan route from Isfahan to Shushtar, a few miles
north of the village of Malamir ; it has probably been a place of some im
portance, as there are some considerable ruins of buildings in rubble and
stones about it. —{Report of a Journey through the Bakhtidn Country to
Shushtar.)
REHAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village 19 miles from Ram Hormuz in a south-west direction to Ma-
’shur ; it is situated on the right bank of the Jarrahi river, which is here 50
yards broad; its banks are deep cut and 15 feet in height—{Burton, 1903.)
REHVALI— vide KlRUN.
RIJA-ABAD or RIJABAD— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the Marvdasht plain in Ears. Its provisions consist prin
cipally of rice.— {MacGregor.)
RIKA—
A tribe of the Tihran group of Luristan {q.v.).
RIKAN— Lat. 28° 35' N. Long. 52° 55' E. Elev.
A village in Ears about 36 miles south-east of Firuzabad, on the north side
of the road leading from that town to Jehrum. The village lies off the line
of the road, higher up on the hill-side. There is not much cultivation,
• but there is some good grazing, and the village owns some herds of cows ; an
excellent spring of water is found here at the road side. This is probably
the Raikan mentioned by Stack, who describes it as a village fort, and
gives the approximate .distance from Firuzabad as 25 miles.— {Stack, 1881—
Stotherd, 1893.)
RIKAT or RICHAIT— Lat. Long. Elev.
A spot in the Bakhtiari country, 1 farsakh east of the Pul-i-Shalu
bridge. In the summer it is devoid of habitation.—(Lonmer, 1906.)
RISK (?)— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the Khushk Rud between Khurramabad and Burujird.—
{DeBode.)
RISHAHR— Lat. 28° 55' 56"; Long. 50° 50' 32".
A village near the west coast of the Bushire Peninsula, 6 miles south of
Bushire, and f of a mile south of the Rishahr telegraph buildings belonging
to the Indo-European Telegraph Company. It contains 15 houses of Bahrainis
forming a block called Bahrainian, and 10 of Saiyids and others. Shaikh

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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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