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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [475v] (955/982)
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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940
ZAN—ZAR
people camp in booths of branches. Large flocks of goats and sheep were
seen.— (Maunsell, August 1888.)
ZANGlABAD— Lat. 30° 26' N. Long. 56° 55' E. Elev.
A prosperous village in Kirman, 15 miles from the city of that name
on the road to Zarand. It consists of 200 houses, and forms part of the
district of Kavir under the Kaldntdr of Kirman.—(Airman Political Diary
1904.)
ZANGULA— Lat. Long. Elev.
A range of Luristan, about 30 miles west of Khurramabad, crossed on
the road to Deh Bala by the Diraz Pass. The spurs are covered with grass
and oak forest.— {Burton, September 1897.)
ZANGUM— Lat. Long. Elev.
A place near Shamsabad, about 70 miles south-west of Isfahan, and
a few miles north-east of Shalamzar.— (Wells.)
ZANGO MUHMILEH— Lat. 27° 45' N. Long. 53° 10' E. Elev. 2,337'.
A village in Laristan, 86 miles from Lar, on the road to Buihire, situated
at the foot of the northern slopes of the Hava range, in a valley 6 miles
wide. The inhabitants number about 200, and the houses, which are of
mud and stone with flat earth roofs, are built round, and open on to an inner
square yard. It possesses a stone fort, a large irrigation well, and a cis
tern full of good water. There is no cultivation, but the grazing is good,
and kundr bushes provide a plentiful supply of fuel.— (Butcher, March
1888.)
note.' —Zangu and Muhmileh are shown on vernacular maps as two
separate villages about a mile distant from each other.
ZAN MURDER (AB-I-) vide LABAHRl (SHUR-I-)—
ZANJAVAR, vide CHARMlN KUH.—
ZANJlRAN— Lat. 29° 5' N. Long. 28° 38' E. Elev.
A village in Ears, 21 miles from Firuzabad, on the road to Shiraz.
It is situated in a deserted tract and surrounded by thick jungle. Ordi
nary supplies are obtainable and good water is found in a brook flowing
through the plain. It is subsequently described as a well-built mud fort
on the west of the road near Javakan.
ZAR— Lat. Long. Elev.
Between Daulatabad and Saidabad in Kirman lies Kaleh-i-Kan, 96
miles south-east of the latter. Beyond the mountains bounding the plain in
which Kaleh-i-Kan is situated to the south is the country of Zar.-— (Abbott .)
ZARAND— Lat. 30° 48 ; Long. 56° 35 ; Elev. 5 ,100'.
A town and sub-district in Kirman. The former is situated 46 mile 8
north-west of Kirman city on the road to Yazd via Bafq, and lies at th e
junction of various roads leading to Bahramabad, Kuhbanan, Ravar, an^
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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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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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