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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎412r] (828/982)

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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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the residence of Yusuf Khan, Ptizad-us-Saltaneh, joint Governor of the
Chehar Mahal.—(PTeWs— Schindler — Burton, 1903 — Arbuthnot, 1905.)
SHAMSABAD {A)—vide SHAMSABAD-I-TAKHT.
SHAMSABAD (5)—Lat. 31° lO' N. Long, 53 d 2S 7 E. Elev,
A village on the eastern borders of Ears in the Abrquh district, 4 miles
north-east of Abrquh town. It is surrounded by walled cultivation which
on the north-east extends for 2 miles. Plentiful and good water is obtain-
f“' ed from qandts in the winter, but in the summer it becomes scant and salt.
Fair supplies are procurable, but fuel is scarce.— [MacGregor—Newr
comen, 1905.)
SHAMSlBAD (6 )—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the district of Yazd, lying in the sandy plain to the south
of the Palangan range. It is one of the five villages in this plain, vide
this Gazetteer—Tajung.— {Vaughan, 1890.)
SHAMS A B AD -I-TAKHT —Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Marvdasht plain, north-east of Shiraz, 5 miles from
Kinareh. This is probably the Shamsabad of Macgregor.— {Preece, 1892.)
SHAMSANGl— Elev. 2,150' {approx.).
A ruined serai and 4 ruined cisterns (all dry in March 1907), half-way
between Baha-ud-Din and Chehar Birkeh, on the Bandar Abbas-Lar road.
^ No population.—( Wilson and Cruickshank, 1906.)
SHAMSAEAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Northern Pars, 19 miles south-east of Qishlaq, on the road
from Isfahan to Shiraz.— (Webb.)
SHAMSHAB GORGE—
Is a huge crack in the Charmin mountain, at the lower end of the Zanga-
var valley of the Pusht-i-Kuh of Luristan. Through it flows the water
of the Zangavar stream and joins the river Saimarreh above the Saza-bin
gorge-. No path traverses it, and the cliffs rise sheer from the water’s edge.
(Also see Rawlinson, Vol. IX, Geographical Journal). — {B.)
SHAMS-UL-’ARAB— Lat. Long. Elev.
A stream in the Behbehan district of Pars, which winds its course
through the hills in a south-westerly direction. It bounds the Alishtar
plain on the south-east, supplying good water. The stream is crossed
between Khairabad and Du Gumbazan on the road to Siraz.— (DeBode —
h Wells — Baring.)
SHAMA’UN— Lat. 32° 15'N, Long. 48° 30'E. Elev.
A village in Northern ’Arabistan, 2 miles east of Kut-’Abd-ush-Shah in the
Dizoii district. It contains 50 houses and a small fort and has a population
of agricultural Lurs, who muster 100 unmounted and 400 mounted fighting
men with 14 rifles. The lands are irrigated by the Ajkub. Here are three
mounds, locally called Chiighehs, probably indicating old remains. They

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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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