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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎448v] (901/982)

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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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SUV-SUZ
SUVAIJIT—
A sub-division of the Ban.1 Saleh tribe {q.v.).
SUVAILAT, vide KA’B tribe, reputed sections.
SUV AINIKH— L at. Long. Elev.
A village on the east shore of ’Abbadan island. It contains 32 mud
huts and is inhabited by Baghlameh (Muhaisin) and Dris.— (Foreign
Deportment Gazetteer, 1905.)
SUVINIKH-US-SADEH—
A village on the east shore of ’Abbadan island. It contains 35 mud
huts, and is inhabited by Baghlanieh (Muhaisin) and Dris.— (Foreign
Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
SUVAIREH (Village (1), vide JARRAHl (River).
SUVAIREH (2)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Southern ’Arabistan, 5 miles west-north-west of Shirabad.
on the right bank of the Hiivdlan river and at the tail of the Lunjir canal.
It is inhabited by 300 Lakis, who keep 100 cattle and 100 donkey s. There
is river side cultivation here.— (Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
suvairI—
A sub-division of the Barn Saleh tribe (q.v.).
SUVAIYID—
A sub-division of the Bani Saleh tribe (q.v.).
SUV ALIM—
A section of the Ka’b tribe (q.v.).
St)YUR— Lat. Long. Elev. .
A place in Ears, in the district of Padina in the district of Sarhadd-i-
Shish Nahieh, between Khaur and Ab-i-Malakh. It is also the name of a
range of hills called after the village.— (Durand.)
SfjZI— vide GARGAR (AB I-).
SUZIAN— Lat 32° 15' N. Long. 42° 44' E. Elev. 6,750'.
A village in the Bakhtiari country, 24 miles Lorn Kaleh Bazuft, on the
road to Slihshtar. It is situated in a well-cultivated and irrigated
valley in which vines, fig and walnut trees abound. Houses 40 to
50 in number. A stream on which is a small water-mill, traverses the
valley. Supplies for a small party obtainable from village. Water,
fuel, and grazing abundant. It has been confounded with Shush, as being
the site of the ancient Susa ; but the latter, situated 20 miles south-west of
Dizful, is accepted as the true one.~(McSwiney, 1891—Arbuthnot 1905.)
SUZU - Lat. ( illage tower) 27° 9' 34"; Long. 56° 15' 0".
A small village, 2 miles south-west of Bandar A’bbas, with a fort and
date-grove. (Constable ; Stiff e ; Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Pilot-, Abdul Rahim.)

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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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