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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎470r] (944/982)

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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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VAKANKCT— Lat. 28° 54' N. Long. 51° 10' E Elev.
A village in the Tangistan district of Ears, 8 miles west-north-west of Ah-
ram at the northern end of the Kuh-i-Mund. It contains 40 houses and
grows crops of wheat, barley, dates and water-melons. Charcoal and
firewood from the hills are exported in considerable quantities.— [Persian
Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
VAKlLABAD— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Kirman, 103 miles from the town of that name, on the road
to Yazd. It contains 5 houses and has a qandt of sweet water.—
(Wood, 1899.)
VALAT— Lat. 27° 50' N. Long. 51° 57' E. Elev.
A village on the coast of the Dashti district of Ears, 3 miles west of
Daiyir, and standing on a small rocky point of low cliff, on which is a
high round tower visible for 10 or 11 miles. The village contains 25
houses and there is a high round tower and boat harbour inside some
rocks. The Dirang hills come close down to the shore here. Good water
is obtainable from springs. A vessel may lie in 6 to 8 fathoms less than
| a mile from shore.— (Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot—Persian Gulf
Gazetteer, 1908.)
VALANDUN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A small village close to that of Mariin, about 52 miles from Isfahan, on
the road to Shiraz by Abadeh.— (Taylor — Hardy.)
VALMlAN— Lat. 33° 5' N. Long. 47° 55' E. Elev. 2,700'.
A village in Khuzistan, 68 miles south of Khurramabad, on the road
to Dizful.— (Schindler.)
Bell (12th April 1884) writes—
“ Yalmian is the name of a fine pasture valley situated under the western
edge of the KheSlah (Gialan) range. Thermometer 72°, barometer 27'4".
Soil here and in the vicinity is very good, and fitted to grow excellent crops
of cereals. Water in the valleys plentiful and of superior quality.”
VARAN TUSHMAL— Lat. Long. Elev.
A range of mountains in Khuzistan. The road from Dizful north to
Rizzeh crosses them, about 25 miles from Dizful.— (Schindler.)
VANDA—
A Lur section of the CKhar Banicheh tribe of lliats, inhabiting a tract
near the sources of the Kara-Aghach river in Ears.— (Ross.)
VARDAVAN— Lat. 27° 42' N. Long. 53° E. Elev. 2,155'.
A village in the district of Asir, 193 miles east of Bushire, on the road
to Lar. It lies in a valley about 4 miles wide betwen the Kuh-i-Hava
and the Kuh Zalimi, and is situated about 1 mile from the foot of the latter
range.
The village, which contains about 60 inhabitants, consists of a large
but very dilapidated square mud fort, flanked with towers at the four
corners.
112 LB. tj B

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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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