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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [77r] (158/988)
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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MAH—MAH 090*
MAIIAL-KDlN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the plain of Khisht (q. v .).
MAH ALU of. DARIA-I-MEHARLU.
MAHDLABAD—
A village, on the road from Yazd to Kirman/about 49 £ miles from the
former. — {Preece, 1892.)
MAHARAZI— vide MUHRAZl.
MAHARAZl— Lat. Long. Elev;
A tract of land in the north-east corner of ^Abbadan island {a. v.).
MAHlBAZAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A dam on the Ab-i-Gargar river (q. v.).
MAHLIAVEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
O * ’ r»- U l ' rm:T oftO. f* to • -1
A village on the river Shatait (q. v.) .
MAHMADI or MUHAMMAD!— Lat. 29° 16' N. ; Long. 50° 39' E.; Elev.
The principal^ though not the largest, village in the district of Rud Hilleh
is situated on the right bank of the Rad Hilleh stream at 10 miles from the
sea coast, and consists of about 60 houses. The inhabitants are partly
Arabs, who call themselves Bani Tamlm and Banl Hajir, and partly Lurs ;
about half of them are Sunnis and half Shiahs. Wheat and barley are
cultivated, and a small quantity of wool exported to Bushire. The people
own about 30 horses, 20 mules, 100 donkeys, 50 cattle, and 230 sheep.
Mahmadi is the seat of the Khan, who is deputy-governor of the Rud Hilleh
district on behalf of his brother the Khan of Haiat Daud. The land route
from Bushire to Behbehan and Muhammareh crosses the Rud Hilleh stream
at this place, and a ferry-boat is maintained by the Khan : the charge is
2 puis for each load and 4 puls for each passenger ; caravan animals are
swum. There is a small fort of stone and mud at Mahmadi.— (Persian
Gidf Gazetteer, 1908.)
- ~ . 1 / ? q iqpr so KtjwjM .y ErrfAfi
MAHMUD (1) —
•
A small canal in the Fallahieh district of Southern 'Arabistan, on the
right bank of the river Jarrahi, with which it is connected. It irrigates 50
fadddns of country cultivated by A1 Bu Banandar KaT Arabs, who grow
wheat and barley. This is a branch of the Gharaibeh canal.—
Gtdf Gazetteer, 1908.)
MAHMUD (2) -
Sub-sectiomof the A1 Kalthlr tribe {q. v.) s •
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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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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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