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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎111r] (226/988)

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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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MUB—MUC
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features^ being merely a grassy spur from a ridge to the north. There is
a brackish stream below the north-west side, but otherwise the hill is water
less.— [Burton.)
MUBAQQ1—
A canal branching off from the left bank of the -Tarrahi river. The de
pendent population are Ka'b of the ill Bu Taheh section. There are 10
faddans of wheat and barley and 10 of rice cultivation, and the annual
output of rice is about 500 Ilashim mans. Linseed and dates are also
grown.— [Verstan Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
MUBARAK— Lat. 31° 47' ; Long. 54° 15' ; Elev.
A village in the Yazd district, some 8 miles south-west of Yazd town ;
and 1 mile to the east of the road thence to Taft. Abbott says it is inhabited
by Gabrs.— [K. Abbott — Newcomen, 1905.)
MUBARAKABAD (1)— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village between Niriz and Khir in Ears, close to Khlr, on the south
shore of the lake. The village is small, but possesses a fine grove of plane
trees, and a large stretch of barley and wheat cultivation with quantities
of opium poppies, the whole plentifully watered by qandts. (Dobbs, 1908.)
MUBARAKABAD (2)— Lat. 28° 23 // N. ; Long. 53° 17' E. ; Elev.
A village and pretty valley between Jehrum and Baba Najm, Ears, 1C>
miles from the former, on the road to Firuzabad. [Abbott.)
MUBARAKABAD (3)— Lat. 29° 41' N. ; Long. 52° 34' E. ; Elev.
A fort in Ears, 6 miles north of Shiraz. It is surrounded by cultiva
tion.— [Newcomen, 1905.)
MUBARAKI— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village situated to the right of the road, about 50 miles beyond Isfahan,
on the way to Burujird in Upper Linjan near Chamani, belonging to the
Zill-us- Sultan.— [Freece, 1898.)
MUBARAK HUSAIN—
A camping-ground in Kirman, 22 miles north-north-west of Shakar Ab
and 45 miles south-south-east of Saidabad, on the road from there to
Bandar ’Abbas. The camp is in the river-bed near a well, which contains
but little water. Another well containing an equally limited supply lies
about 2£ miles to the north-east. No supplies are available, but there is
a fair camel-grazing.— (Newcomen, 1905.)
MUBARKEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the district of Yazd, 9 miles from Yazd on the road to
Kirman. It is inhabited by Gabrs. (A. Abbott9)
Water from a karlz ; supplies for one cavalry regiment and one infantry
battalion available in September.— [Howe, 1906.)
MUBRIZI— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the plain of Khisht [q. v.)
MUCHARI (?)— Lat. Long. Elev.

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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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