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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎231r] (466/988)

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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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RUZ—SA J A
850
RtiZBEH— Lat. 32° 50' N.; Long. 50° 36' E.
A village about 27 miles south of Khvansar, consisting of 200 houses^
under a grey hill, from the foot of which a number of springs break out in
a little space, giving an abundance of water all the year round. An old
mud fort, with the lower courses of stone, stands on a clay knoll and divides
the village in two. An Imamzadeh with a dome stands on a height to the
east. The people speak Turkish and Persian.— [Stack.)
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SA'ABIREH—
A division of the Al Kathir tribe (q.v.).
SA’ADAT (1)— Lat. 30° 47' N.; Long. 51° 16' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Kuhgalu mountains in Ears, three stages from Behbehan
on the road to Qumisheh.
It is 120 miles from Bandar Dilam.— (Stocqueler.)
S A" AD AT (2)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Mlan-i-Kuh sub-division of Ymb—(MacGregor.)
SA'ADATABAD (I) —
A walled village of 100 houses in the province of Ears, about 76 miles from
Shiraz on the post-road to Isfahan. It has a lofty buttressed fort. Water
good and appears to be abundant, though it is said to be scanty. 300 live
stock. Post horses obtainable here.— (Howe, 1906.)
SA’ADATABAD or SA'ATABAD ( 1 ) —Lat. 29° 39' 20 " N • Long
55°47' E. ; Elev. 6,800' (6,400— John.)
A large village in the Sirjan district 16 miles from Saidabad, on the road
to Kirman, from which it is distant 98 miles.
It consists of 100 houses, inhabited by Earsis, and a fine brick caravan
serai, and there are a number of fine trees and pleasant gardens. Supplies
are procurable in considerable quantities, and good water is obtained from
a qandt. Some tufangchls are stationed here, and accompany caravans
passing through as far as Khagan. The camping-ground is a good one.
To the south-east of the village are the hamlets of Yahrabad, Husainabad,
Hasanabad, and Kunji, and to the west Is-haqabad, Daulatabad, and
Jamalabad.— (Napier, 1899 — Dobbs, 1902—Native Surveyors, 1902.)
SA'ADATABAD ( 2 )— Lat. 30° 15'; Long. 56° 58'.
A village in Kirman, about 8 miles south-west of the city of that name
on the road to Saidabad.— (Dobbs, 1902.)
SA'ADI—
A canal branching off from the left bank of the Jarrahi river at the point
known as Khazineh. The dependent population are KaT of the Dawar-
iqeh and Ytutarid sections. About l,o 00 Hashim mans of rice are produced
annually, and there are 6,000 date-palms.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
SA'ATABAD— See SA'ADATABAD.
SABALA (?)— Lat. 30° 32' N. ; Long. 40° 18' E. ; Elev.
A ruined town in Khuzistan, on the left bank of the Karun, 18 miles
above Muhammareh.

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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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