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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [400r] (804/982)
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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are plentiful. No supplies except when Lurs are camped there in summer.
Ample camp room.— {Burton, September 1897.)
SARAB NllZ—
A river in Luristan which waters the greater part of the fields of the Falak-
ud-Din section of the Qullwand tribe. It flows in a westerly direction through
the Tang-i-Badavar in the territory of some of the Mum anwand and Aulad
Qubad Dilfans and joins the Tiriid. This latter river, near Harsln, flows
in an easterly direction through the Kakawand district, and joins the Sarab
Niaz at the entrance of Tang-i-Badavar. The united river then flows
through the mountains of the Kakawand, and joins the Saimarreh near Zar-
dalal and Hulilan.— (Rabino,1905.)
SARAGti— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Bastak district of Laristan, 33 miles west of Bandar Abbas,
and 1 mile south of the road from that place to Lar.
It consists of some 20 houses, with a population of about 100. The in
habitants, who are Sunnis, grow dates and tend their herds of cattle, sheep
and goats. They also own a few camels. Water is from wells.— {Shakes-
pear, 1905.)
SARAHU—
A cistern in the Bastak District of Laristan, 33 miles west of Bandar Abbas,
on the road to Lar.— (Shakespear,! 905.)
SARAI-I-KUH-I-CHAMPEH— Lat. 26° 49' N. Long. 50° 40' E. Elev.
A small
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
and one or two huts in Laristan, 28f miles from
Lmgeh, on the road to Bastak.
Water is obtained from a large, circular birkeh, 40 feet in diameter and
300 feet deep, but in December 1887 this held only a few inches.
The camping-ground is sufficiently large to accommodate two battalions
of infantry with their transport. Three miles off is a village called Gorus-
thena (?)— {Vaughan, December 1887.)
SARAIMEH (Village),— vide JARRAHI (River).
SARAKUN (TANG-I-),— vide TANG-I-SARAKUN.
SARASlA (SARAB-I-SIAH)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Bakhtiari country, 13 miles south of Kaleh-i-Tul on the
Rud-i-Zand or ATa stream. Myrtle and tamarisk grow in the vicinity.—
{Baring.)
SARATA— Lat. 31° 15' N. Long. 49° 40'. E. Elev.
A village in the Ramuz District about 3 miles east of Ramuz town, in a
straight line with Daur-i-Kal. It contains 120 houses chiefly of Bahmai
(Kuhgalu) Lurs and 10 of Saiyidsfrom Ramuz town. The main village is of
mud huts and is surrounded by small groups of reed huts, each group bear
ing a distinctive name. It is the property of the I’tizad-us-Sultan.
There are a garden and a canal. A shrine called Imamzadeh ’Abbas is
not far off.— {
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
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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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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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