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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎93r] (190/988)

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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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MARUN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village, 53 miles from Isfahan, on the road to Shiraz by Abadeh.—-
[Taylor — Hardy.)
MARUN (River)—•
A river in Southern ^Arabistan, also called sometimes the Kurdistan or
Behbehan river. It unites with the river Bulawas in the Ramuz district,
10 or 11 miles below Ramuz town, and the two together then form the
river Jarrahi. Sultanabad and Jaizan in the Ramuz district lie respectively
13 and 28 miles up from its junction with the Bulawas. The valley of
the Marun in the Ramuz district is 1 to 2 miles wide, flat and enclosed bv
cliffs, 50 to 100 feet high. The stream is 50 to 100 yards broad, 3 to 6 feet
deep, and has a strong current. The banks are bordered with thick willow
jungle. About 5 miles above Sultanabad the Marun receives on its right
bank a tributary of fresh water called Mamuhleh, 10 yards wide and 3 feet
deep, fringed with willows and oleanders. On the north side of the Marun
in places are grassy plains with thorn trees. The river has also been called,
the Rud-i-Marun or Rumarun. Colonel Bell, on his route from Isfahan to
Behbehan, reached the banks of the Rumarun river (Kurdistan river) on
the 12 th June, 1884; barometer 27'95' / (1,400 feet); thermometer 102°.
The artificial horizon became too hot to be lifted after it had been for
7 minutes exposed to the sun at 3 r.M. The river is from 60 to 80 yards
wide, with a bouldery bottom and swift current; its banks are here low and
well-wooded. There is good pasture on the hill-sides, in the vicinity, i.e.,
a dried up grass, 6 inches to 9 inches high.
At 3-30 a.m., barometer 28T"; thermometer 70°.
Wells writes about this river :—
“ December 8th. —Last night our tent was pitched near the village of
Kuriseh of about 15 inhabitants. A white frost and cold fog cover the
land this morning. A stream from the direction of the north has first to be
crossed, and 3 miles from camp river Jarrahi [i.e., the Marun river) at this
point itself forms a formidable obstacle. From bank to bank it is 70 yards
wide, and in flood would be at least 6 feet deep. It is a rapid stream, and
even now, when only 45 yards wide, is only fordable by strong men, being
up to the horses^ girths. In spring it would be a nasty flood to pass. Fine
cover of tamarisk and oleander marks it course, whilst beyond, palm
groves, villages, and cultivated ground present an unwonted scene of
prosperity and security for this part of Persia. Wild cabbage is the
ordinary weed of the plain.”—(ReW— Wells—Fersian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
MARUZEH— Lat. 31° 2' N.; Long. 55° 57' E.
A village fort in Kirman, Persia, 140 miles south-east of Yazd, on the
road to Kirman, from which it is 85 miles distant in a north-westerly direc
tion.— [Abbott?),
MARVK— Lat. Long. Elev.
A hill in Pars, beautifully wooded, and coverd with vegetation to the sum
mit, near the road between Masarm and Jireh.— [Durand.)
marvas—
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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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