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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎29v] (63/988)

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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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'64'9
LIN—LIN
space are large water brikeks (covered tanks in which rain Water accumu
lates) from which in normal years ample water is available. There is no
grazing for flocks in the immediate vicinity of Lingeh; in a year of good
rain camels bring in grass from distances varying from 3 to 9 miles.
Climate. —The climate of the port is comparatively good and certainly
better than that of any other Persian port in the Gulf. Extremes of heat
and cold are rarely experienced, and the days are few in winter or summer,
on which the cold or heat is unpleasant. Normally, rain falls in the period
from November to February, but the rainfall varies considerably and it is
impossible to say on how many days of the year rain will occur. There are
no prevailing winds.
Grazing and fodder.—\s no gr&vAnv ground in the vicinity of the
landing-place and in the whole district it is very scarce. Grass, kah (the
local name for chopped straw), etc., is stored by the local people in godowns
as a reserve against bad times. In a good year 150,QUO maunds of kah
and about 30,000 rolls (1 roll= 2 lbs. approx.) of grass are obtainable, which
amount is about sufficient for the needs of the local animals. In bad years
kah and grass are imported from Bandar Dilam, Bandar Big and other up-
Gulf Ports,
Fuel .—There are no coal stores and in the absence of local steamers the
want of coal is not felt. Firewood is always scarce in the town and is
brought from Qishm Island, the Batineh Coast of 'Oman and the mangrove
swamps in the Clarence Straits; the latter is sold at a rate varying from
Bs. 4^ to Bs. 6 per 100 maunds, while that brought from the mountains
is sold at a rate from Bs. 7 to Bs. 8 per 100 maunds.
Transport resources. — Donkeys are the usual transport animals, but
there are also a few camels; mules are only seen at rare intervals. Cara
vans come to the town very rarely, and transport animals are not exposed
for sale. Some 30 or 40 camels are imported annually from 'Oman or Katr
to meet local requirements. Donkeys are imported from Bahrain, Katr
and the Batineh, but those present are never sufficient for the needs of the
local community, and owners will not sell their animals except at exorbi-
tant rates. A camel-load varies from 30 to 50 maunds, and that of a
donkey from 20 to 24 maunds. There is a skin disease common among
camels known as geri from which all their fur comes off. Caravans
start at 3 hours before sunset. Animals are watered in the hot season
in the early morning and again at midday and camels once a day in the
hot season and once every other day in the cold weather. The cold is
not sufficiently intense to make clothing for the animals a necessity, but
higher up, in Fars, jhools are used. The transport-drivers do not give
much care to their animals. One driver has from 10 to 25 animals in his
charge, but there is no fixed custom in this respect. There are no regular
transport agents in Lingeh.
Camping-ground for troops .—The best site on which to encamp troops
is situated £ mile east of the landing-place and on the outskirts of the town.
It is reached by proceeding along the sea-front or by way of the narrow
little streets common to Persian towns. This site has an area of about

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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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