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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎29r] (62/988)

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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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648
LIN—LIN 648
is everywhere to be met with. There is no periodical wind at any time of the
year which would interrupt landing operations for certain hours of the day.
In Lingeh itself there is always a large amount of timber which is used m the
building of buggalows ami this could be employed m the constraet.on of
temporary landing-stages, but there is no material suitable for the construction
of light tramways.
XT •r;/- c ImuIivq —There is one small wharf alongside to which large
huS^cShigh tide. It is about 80 yards long and encloses
what can be turned into a small dock m which to effect repairs to buggalows,
otc Stones and materials from which to make cement are at all times
available There are no lights on the wharf. Vessels approach to within
i m iie of the landing-place. Goods arriving by steamer are tallied by
Customs House tally-clerks at the time when they are delivered to the
landing-contractor alongside the steamer and they are again checked when
the Tandin^contraetor hands them over to the Hamal Basin of Customs
at the laiidmg-place. There are no special arrangements for landing cattle,
at the mnmgp usually left in a buggalow Large trading vessel. , placed as
clos^to th^shore^s* possible at high tide, so "that at low water, when the
buo-galow is high and dry, they can walk ashoie.
un Snnrl linhter-men —The coolies A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory. employed in unloading vessels are
m„S Mnatfa Cd^Abbasi,, K»dbari s , LLhis, Baluchis and Khuns,
Td in the "old season number about 200, but in the hot weather labour
and m tne com sc CO olies go to Mmab, and m this season 4
ToL ” S c„ ntsTs n a y df/stoAlnd fhours at night as a nighCs worln
nours or ovei cuui j . t> i f i av f r0 m sunrise to sunset, with
The usual wage for a coolie A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory. is ite. 1 per nay 110 m suxm ,
food from the s ‘^“ er | 5 '^'food from the stTmer!'’ When there
Fs e k d a eUndf a or a cIoi esLh wages fluctuate from annas 8 to annas 12
pd^; The coolies A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory. are not —eed ^ tnwhom theyworhwrth. ^The
principal knding-contr^or^mph T d 1 ^ ^ ls0 { 10 i ds the Company's
Steamship Company, « M-rhamumilTbran ^ to the i anding .
tally-clerks and am again
contractor alongsi . i, „ +he landing-contractor to the
checked when landed _ and hanaed ^ J Customs a ud
Hamal Bashi (the receiving agent, acting on behair
the consignees). ‘
Store depots .—^There are a number of godowns J
V tarpaulins should, tiiere-
fore, be provided for.
Convoy yroaads.-There is a convoys.
^gfe^o^^hardLS and all round the

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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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