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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [396r] (796/982)
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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SAIYID ’ABBAS— Elev. 710'.
A shrine and tomb, standing in a broad, grassy plain traversed by
the Dizful road from Zurbatiyeh, 20 miles west of the Karkheh river.
It furnishes a landmark visible 10 miles from both east and west. There
is no water, and the surrounding desert is uninhabited, though crossed
by raiders of the Al Bu Muhammad Arabs.—(J5.)
SAIYID AHMAD (1)— Lat. 32° 16' N. Long. 48° 18' E. Elev.
A village in Northern ’ Arabistan, about 10 miles west-south-west of Dizful
in a tract called Ja’farabad, near the tomb of Saiyid Tahir. It is situated
in the tract called Milk-bin-Mu’alla. It contains 120 houses : except 4
families of Saiyids and a few Lurs the people are Kathir. There are
25 rifles. Wheat, barley, rice, millet and mash are grown, and water and
musk melons have lately been introduceed. Irrigation is from the Karkheh
and Shaur rivers. —(
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
SAIYID AHMAD (2)— Lat. 31° 58' N. Long. 48° 31' E.
A village near the river Shatait (q.v.).
SAIYID AKBAR— Elev. 790'.
A solitary tomb on the desert plain between the Mama and Talazi rivers
on which it forms a landmark visible for many miles. The Dizful road
passes close by to the north-west of the tomb. The surrounding desert
is level and grassy and frequented by large herds of antelopes.— (B.)
SAIYIDAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Khafrak TJlia sub-division of Ears, 7 miles south-east
of Sivand, north-east of Shiraz, in the centre of a valley. The Naksh-i-Rajab
sculptures are near it. It has 150 houses and a
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
, 40 miles from
Shiraz.— (MacGregor.)
SAIYID DIVAN —Lat. Long. Elev.
A village near the river Shatait (q.v.).
SAIYID HAMUD (Village)— wde JARRAHI (River).
SAIYID HASAN—
A small canal in the Fallahieh district of Southern ’Arabistan, on the right
bank of the river Jarrahi, with which it connects. It irrigates 15 fadddns
of country cultivated by mixed (Ka’b) Arabs, who grow wheat and
barley. —(
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
SAIYID IBRAHIM —Lat. Long. Elev.
A shrine near the Mama river in the Pusht-i-Kuh of Luristan
near which there is a large camp of Saiyids with 100 tents. The camp
is situated at f—f miles, and the shrine at 5 miles south of Bahraru on
the Deh Bala-Dizful road.— (Burton, September 1897.)
SAIYID ’IZZ-UD-DlN AHMAD— Lat. Long. Elev.
Name of an Imamzadeh a little to north or north-west of Jireh
Ears, near a place called Lamb uni (?) One of the streams meeting at
Jireh rises here. Its water is sweet.— (Durand.)
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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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