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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [245v] (495/988)
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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305 SAL—SAM
SALUN— Lat. Long. ; Elev. 7,750'.
A mountain in Lunstan, 46 milos from Dizful on the load to Pul-i-Kul,
the track crossing it being difficult for transport. -(McSwitiei/, 1891.)
SALYATI— Lat. Long. ; Elev. 1,800'.
A ruined fort in Luristan, 47 miles from Dizful, on the road to Kaleht,
Bazuft via Duma Khail. It is situated on a stream with a deep bed, 70
yards broad, but easily fordable in May. The fort is surrounded by a deep
moat and was evidently in former times a place of considerable strength.
No supplies in summer, plentiful water from stream,^ but fuel scaice. It
is surrounded by much grass, which in summer is dry and very inflam
mable.— (McSwiney, 1891.)
SAMAKH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A mountain seen to the north-east beyond the Sarkhun valley as
the Talab pass is crossed. The road from Sarkhun to Du Pulan skirts
its north-west face to Gandum Kal. East-south-east of it is the Arm ait
mountain, where a spur from the Girran mountain runs down to it,
forming the Sard Ab and Siya ridges. {Burton, 1903.)
SAMAL— vide SARMUL.
SAMAL— Lat. 29° 6' N.; Long. 51° 15' E.j Elev.
A village in the district of Dashtistan, about 6 miles east of Chah Kutah.
It has 100 houses of mixed Tangistanis. There are 2 towers here. Ihe
live-stock are 15 horses, 150 donkeys, 75 cattle, and 600 sheep and goats.
Formerly this village belonged to Tangistan, but the Khan of Borazjun
has succeeded in attaching it to his jurisdiction— Gulf Gazetteer,
19089)
SAMAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A point on the boundary between Tangistan and Dashti, Ears, a little to
the southward of Barakl.— [Constable Stiffs
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Pilot.)
SAMANIYEH, on SAMA 'AINIYEH— Lat. 31° N.; Long. 28' E.; Elev.
A village in Khuzistan, on the left bank of the Karun, 25 miles below
Ahwaz. It is small and built of mud. It is the first inhabited village met
with in coming up the Karun, and contains about 300 inhabitants.—
[Monteith — Schindler.)
SAMAZNEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Khuzistan, 31 miles north of Muhammareh, on the road to
Ahwaz.— [Mac Gregor .)
SAMBARUN— Lat. 26° 34' 28" N.; Long. 53° 44' 30" E.
A small, rocky bank in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, 7 i miles south-half-east from
Chlru Point, on the coast of Lar. It is covered by 6 fathoms of water.
— Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
SAMIEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Shabankareh district of Ears, 8 miles west of Deh Kuhneh,
near the Rud Shur. It contains 20 houses of Lurs from the luravi uismcu,
whose crops include wheat, barley, tobacco, and water-me ons ( ersian
Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
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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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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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