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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎195v] (395/988)

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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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815 QAT—OEH
The lower ground of the Qatru valley is occupied by low, marshy ground,
a salt lake after rain and a salt desert in dry seasons. This valley is famous
for its herds of wild asses. It is estimated that there are 2,0UO heads iu
the neighbourhood.
Owing to the failure of some q^cinat^ > the wealth and population of the vil
lage has much decreased : but though at present a miserable wreck, it con
tains several fine old forts and buildings and two wind-towers, which form
capital landmarks.
From Qatru there are two roads leading to Saidabad, the chief town
of the next valley to the east, called Sirjan. Between Qatru and Niriz
the Luiriz range is crossed by the Qatru pass, 18 miles long, attaining at
the watershed, an elevation of 5,640 feet.— [Lovett)
QATRt}—(K 0 h-i-) — rule KUH-I-QATRU.
QAZI—
The third halting place, about 50 miles from Bandar Abbas on the cara
van route to Lar.
QEHFARUKH — Lat. 32° 17' N. ; Long. 51° 2' E. ; Elev. 6,900'.
The chief village in the Chehar Mahal district of the Bakhtiari country,
the first village reached within Bakhtiari jurisdiction from Isfahan (53 miles
by the Bakhtiari caravan road, and the 3rd stage on that route). The word
Qehf is the same as Kaf or Kuf, Bakhtiari and old Persian for Kuh, a moun
tain. It is called by older travellers Geriva-i-Rukh, meaning the same.
The road enters the* Chehar Mahal from the north by the Gardan-i-Rukh
about 10 miles north of the village. The village stands o*i a broad, stony
plain in the middle of a large area of cultivated and irrigated land. It
is a large and populous place, with many wide streets with fine streams
of water running through them. It contains about 500 houses with a popu
lation of some 2,500, and has several square, loopholed towers and a small
serai. A mill is near the village and another on the road, 3 miles to the norih-
east. On its north-eastern extremity is situated the Kalek of Muhammad
Juvad Khan, the Muntazam-ud-Dauleh, the son of a former, and nephew of
the present (1905) Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. of the Bakhtiari. It is evidently of two periods,
the old part of sun-dried bricks, the new part of kiln-dried bricks.
There is extensive cultivation of wheat and barley belonging to the village.
A large stream of water, rising from 2 qandts, 3 and 6 miles distant res
pectively, in the same direction, flows past the village. There are some
gardens and a number of fruit trees as well as a certain number of willows,
planes and poplars; 53,000 lbs. of grain are sown yearly; 10,000 krdns are
paid annually in taxes.
Supplies of all kinds in fair quantity and water are obtainable. Tem
perature on 7th April 48°, barometer 22*80°.— (Preece — Report of a Journey
through the Bakhtidri Country to Shushtar — Burton, 1903—Ar but knot,
1905.)
QEHIZ or QAIZ —
A plateau in 'Iraq, crossed by the route from Isfahan to Burujird just be
fore reaching Nimagird, 83 miles from Isfahan. Highest part of the
plateau 8,395 feet. On it rises one of the head-waters of the Zindeh hud.
It lies between the Kuh-i-Dalam on the one side and the Kuh-i-Kulang and

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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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