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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [471r] (946/982)
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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931
WAH-WAK
W
WAHABIEH —Lat. Long. Elev.
A division of the ’Anafijeh tribe (q. v. ).
WAIS (1)— Lat. 31° 32< N. Long. 48° 51' E. Elev. 220'.
A village in Southern ’ Arabistan, on the left bank of the Karun. It is the
nrst stage from Nasiri (15 miles) by the Bakhtiari caravan route, and is
35 miles above Ahwaz by water. It takes its name from the shrine of
Wais ibn Karani, who is said to have been a companion of Muhammad.
It consists of about 250 mud houses, of which only 150 are occupied.
The inhabitants number about 1 , 000 , and are mixed Arabs and natives of
the town of Dizful and Shushtar, most of whom are engaged in the cultiva
tion of wheat and barley. The houses are substantially built. There are a
few date and thorn trees and one garden with a few leundr trees. About
60 mules are owned here, which, when not in use for the plough, are employ
ed on the caravan routes to Ahwaz, Ramuz and Shushtar.
The Karun is at this point 150 yards broad, and flows between deep-cut
banks 10 to 15 feet high. It is unfordable, but is crossed by a ferry
with one small boat to the village of Li’aim! on the right bank. The
Ahwaz-Isfahan road leaves the Karun at this point. Wais is surrounded
by a level plain, which is cultivated by Muhaisin in winter.— {Burton,
1904 — Arbuthnot, 1905—Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
WAIS (2)—Lat. 31° 32' N. Long. 48° 54' E. Elev.
An island in the river Karun, a little below Muwailheh .—{Foreign
Department Gazetteer, 1908.)
WAKHAMEH ( Village), wde JARRAHl (River).
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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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