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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎401r] (806/982)

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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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BAk-SATt
791
BABCMAttK—
150 houses ; headman (1908) Muhammad Hasan. 70 Martinis (300 in
the whole of the villages under the headman). 15 horses ; 125 donkeys ;
1,000 sheep and goats*, 5 shops. Water excellent iiom. the stream which
flows through the valley, wood scarce.— (Gibbon, 1908.)
SARDAB (1)—Lat, Long. Elev.
A hamlet in the Bakhtiari country at the foot of the northern slopes of
the Shahun range.— {Sawyer, 1890.)
SARDAB (2)—
A spring in the Bakhtiari country, gushing out of the rock a l mile dis
tant from the Karun, and pouring into that river just below the remains
of a large and ancient stone bridge, near Rustami, at about the 6Gth mile of
the -river’s course.— {Sawyer, 1890.)
SARDAB (3)—Lat.
Long.
Elev.
A pass 9£ miles smith of Du Pulan crossed by the Isfahan-’Arabistan road;
there is a spur from the Zarreh mountain, rocky and waterless : adjacent
are thorn trees and some stunted oaks. To the south lies the upland plateau
of Gaud-i-Sard Ab where, in summer and autumn, large flocks of sheep
are pastured. There are a small spring and stream of water below the pass
to the west side at a distance of 1| miles. {Burton, 1903.)
SARDAB, GAUD-I- (4)-Lat. Long. Elev.
A stonv, upland plateau, 10 miles south of Du Pulan between the Sardab
and Suva ridges ; it is waterless and somewhat circular in form, rising on all
Sides to ridges and slopes towards east, and draining through a gorge to the
Karun river below Du Pulan ; it is 2 miles in width.— {Burton, 1903.)
SAR DASHT— Lat. 30° 17' N. Long. 50° 22' E. Elev.
A village in the Zaidan plain in the district o r the same name of Behbehan
province, on the right bank of the river Hindian. It is situated near the
ri’/erbank, 3 miles below the junction of the Khairabad and Shulistan
screams. It contains 160 houses inhabited by the Kaleh-i-Gulabi cribe, who
grow rice as well as winter crops and own 20 horses and 3,500 sheep. ■
[ Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
SAR DASHTAK— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the plain of Khisht {y. v.).
SARDEH— Lat. (south-east point) 25° 56 r . Long. 54° 38 40 . Elev.
An island on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , situated about 35 miles south of Ras
Bustaneh, off the coast of Lar. Its formation is something the same as
most in the Gulf, being composed of coarse rocks and sand, with very little
soil. A mile and a quarter to the westward of the south-east point are the
ruins of a town, and nearly in a line to the northward, on the opposite side
of the island are the ruins of another town and a mosque ; there are
also wells of fresh water on the north-western part of the island. This
island, it is said, had once nearly a thousand inhabitants, but was

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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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