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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎147r] (298/988)

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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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NAJVAT-UL-FAR— LatJ [ Long. \ ^ Elev.
(,76° 49' 8" J (ol^S'SG" J
A shoal, dangerous for a large ship, lying between the island of Farur,
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and the mainland. It is of rock and sand. It has only 3
fathoms of water over its middle part or ridge, upwards of a mile long.
The channel between the shoal and Farur island is 64 miles wide : that
between it and Has Bustaneh is 5 miles wide.— [Constable — Stiffe —
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Pilot.)
NAKIIILU {\)—see SHIBKUH Ports.
NAKHILIJ (2) Lat. 27° 48' 15"; Long. 51° 33' 10" (of two date trees,
in centre)', Elev.
A low sandy islet off the coast of the Dashti district of Fars, 6 miles
from the mainland, at about 27 miles south-south-east of Khur Ziarat and
approximately the same distance from Daiyir. It is about ^ a mile in dia
meter and appears to be the meeting place of several hydrographical fea-
tures ; it marks the point where the direction of the coast changes from
south-east to full east. East-south-east from Nakhilu runs the great Bas-ul-
Mutaf. There is a boat passage round the north end of Nakhilu, over a
reef which joins it to Jabrin island and which is nearly dry at low water.—
(Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot — Brucks—Persian Gulf Gazetteer,
1908.)
NAKHL HASHI —Lat. Long. Elev.
A small village, lately rebuilt, 11 miles to eastward of Naband town, on
the east coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Boats can anchor here close in, shel
tered from the shimal .— (Constable—Stiffe — Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Pilot.)
NAKHL-I-HAGAEL— Lat. 27° 23' 18"; Long. 52° 43' 15".
A village in the bay of 'Asalu, coast of Lar, between 'Asalu and Naband.
It is a small village with a tower, and is subject to the Shaikh of Kangan,
and contains 150 of the Bani Malik tribe. Several small villages are near
it, and a short distance from the shores of the bay is subject to Kangan,
and contains altogether about 900 or 1,000 men of the Banl Malik and
Bani Tamim tribes.— (Brucks.)
NAKHL TAQI — see SHIBKUH Ports.
NAKHL NAKHUDA— Lat. Long. Elev.
One of the villages of Lar, lying in the plain between Bandar 'Abbas
and Kuh Ginau.— (Abclur Rahim.)
NAKNIH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Pars, two stages off Oumisheh on the road to Behbehan,
which is eight stages distant.— (Wells.)
NAKSH-I-BAHBAM— Lat. 30° 1' N.; Long. 50° 39' E.; Elev.
A famous rock in the Sahra-i-Bahram plain, 20 mi ! es north of Kazarun
in Ears, and a few miles south of the Naubandag n ruins.— (BeBode.)

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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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