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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎15v] (35/988)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (490 folios). It was created in 1918. 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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LAR—LAR
A considerable proportion of the inhabitants is Sunnis, whose antipathy
to their‘Shfah fellow-countrymen might possibly_ he^ turned to account
in the event of our undertaking military operations in this part ot leisia.
Resources .—Laristan is one of the poorest and least productive of the
Persian provinces, ranking in this respect probably only se ^nd o e
Bashakard district. This is due in part to the lawlessness which prevails,
hut still more to the character of the country itself. Much of it is an and
desert, diversified by rocky hills and valleys of sand and salt, ihe inhabit
ants depend for their water-supply to a large extent upon cisterns and
reservoirs, built with great labour, to collect the scanty rainfall, and upon
wells. Irrigation on anything approaching an extensive scale is impossible
under these conditions.
By far the most important product is the date tree, which flourishes
throughout almost the entire province. Some wheat and barley is also
cultivated, especially in the Lar and Bastak districts, while minor products
include indigo, gum ammoniac, galbanum and sagapenum. Good graz
ing is found in many parts of the province, which supports immense flocks
of sheep and goats, besides smaller numbers of cattle, camels and donkeys.
The swamps opposite Qishm island can provide large quantities of fuel
a scarce commodity in this, as in other, provinces of Persia, and a consider
able supply is also said to be obtainable from the Kuh-i-Gavbus lange near
Minerals are not known to exist in any quantity in Laristan, but sulphur
and ironstone, with traces of ancient mine workings, are found in the moun
tains to the north-east of the village of Hormuz (^.y.), while many tons
of salt are annually exported from Qishm, where there is a cliff, 200 feet
to 300 feet high, of pure rock salt.
^ _ r The latter is found in combination with
iron ochre, which is also exported in considerable quantities. A coarse
naphtha is also produced at some springs on the south coast of Qishm
opposite Hangam island.
Industries can hardly be said to exist, with the exception perhaps of
ship-building, which is carried on to a limited extent at Lingeh. This port
also sends its quota of boats to the Bahrain pearl fisheries, which are open
to the whole maritime population of the Gulf.
Military .—In 1910 it was reported that '972 arms, including Mauser
pistols, had been landed in the Lingeh district, and in 1911 about 2,760
rifles were landed. There is a ready sale for good arms among the Arab
tribes of Laristan, though some of the rifles imported by Laris and Ivazis
find their way to Yazd into the hands of Afghans trading with that place.
Many Afghans also come to Lingeh, but more of them go to Lar, where
the market of arms appears to be situated.
Harbours .—The principal harbours and anchorages of Laristan, begin
ning at the east, are :—Qishm, Hanjam, Basidu, Jazirat Tunb, Jazirat
Abu Musa Kung (the site of the old Dutch establishment), Lingeh, Mughu,
Charak bay, Qais, Jizzeh, Qalat-ul-MIbaid, Chiru, Hindarabl island, Bandar
Basitin, Shaikh Shu’aib island and Shitvar islet, Shiyu, and Bandar
Bidkhun, details regarding each of which will be found under their
respective headings.

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The item is Volume III, Part II: L to Z of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (Provisional Edition, 1917, reprinted 1918).

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 towns, villages, districts, provinces, tribes, forts, dams, shrines, coastal features, islands, rivers, streams, lakes, mountains, passes, and camping grounds. Entries include information on history, geography, climate, population, ethnography, administration, water supply, communications, caravanserais, trade, produce, and agriculture.

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 includes an Index Map of Gazetteer and Routes in Persia (folio 491), showing the whole of Persia, with portions of adjacent countries, and indicating the extents of coverage of each volume of the Gazetteer and Routes of Persia , administrative regions and boundaries, hydrology, and major cities and towns.

The volume includes a glossary (folios 423-435); and corrections (Index to the sub-tribes referred to in the Gazetteer of Persia, Volume III, folios 436-488).

Printed by Superintendent Government Printing, India, Calcutta 1918.

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1 volume (490 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 492; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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