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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎399r] (802/982)

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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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SAN-SAN
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plentiful and there is good grazing ; but there is practically no cultivation
and supplies, including fuel, are very scanty. The following roads branch
off from Sana :— . . 1
(1) To Kaki—general direction south ; continuing to Daiyir ; general
direction south-east—{Native information.)
(2) To Khur Ziarat, the mouth of th e Mund river— general direction
south-west ; distance 38 miles over both hill and plain. {Native
information — Butcher, 1888.)
SANA’— vide MUHAMMAREH (District).
SANCHU—
A hamlet in the Bakhtiari country, near the eastern end of the Chigha-
khur valley.— {Sawyer, 1890.)
SANG— Lat. 30° 50' N. Long. 56° 6' E. Elev. 4,733'.
A village in Kirman, 25 miles west of Zarand, on the road to Yazd. iu
consists of some 30 houses with cultivation, and a fair amount of supplies
is procurable. A route runs from the village southwards to Bahramabad.
— {Sykes, 1894.)
SANGAR— Lat. 30° 6' N. Long. 52° 8" E. Elev.
. A village in Ears, some 40 miles north-north-west of Shiraz on the road to
Behbehan. It contains 20 houses, built of stones imbedded in mud, and
lies at foot of the hill. The villagers are Persians, and own many sheep
and goats. There is extensive cultivation round the village, reaching
miles to the northward. Water is obtained from.a small Fuel here
is scarce.— {Hopkins, 1903.)
SANGBARAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
An Armenian village in the Faridan division of the Isfahan province, bet*
ween the Kuh-i-Khushk Rud and the Kuh-i-Dizak, 15 miles from NIma’
A solitary caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). , 21 miles from Sa’adatabad, Kirman, on the road
thence to Kirman. No supplies. Fuel can be gathered.— {Gill.)
Avillageinthe Yazd district, lying in the plain to the south of the
Palangan range.— {Vaughan, 1890.)
ANIJ —Lat. 31° 40' N. Long. 54° 3' E. Elev. 7,730'.
A collection of villages in the district of Yazd, 13 miles by road from Turum
Pusht. The villages lie in a narrow valley at the foot of the Shir Kuh, and
aggregate about 5,020 houses. The houses are built of stone and mud. The
gird.— {Schindler.)
SANGl—
A village on the Bushire peninsula {q. v.).
SANG-I-TU—
SANPABAD —Lat.
Long.
Elev.
•east of
village has gardens, cultivation, trees, and water ir abundance. The whole
place is covered with bee-hives, which encumber che ground in every
direction, and consist of long, coffin-shaped boxes.— {Vaughan, 1891.)
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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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