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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [247r] (498/988)
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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SAMlRUM —Lat. Long. Elev.
Village, about 30 miles south-west of Qumisbeh, on the road to Shush-
tar.— (deBode — Boss. )
SAMISTAN-— Lat. Long. Elev.
A hamlet in the Muguvl Bakhtlari country, situated in a valley, well
cultivated and watered by a stream flowing from the Shahan range. From
the village a mule track leads over the high range by the Chukashan pass
into the Faridan lowlands.— [Sawyer, 1890.)
SANA— Lat. 28° 27' N.; Long. 51° 39' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Dashti district of Ears, about 10 miles south-south-eas*
of Lavar and the fifth stage from Bushire on the route thence to Bandar
^Abbas. It contains some 2 or 3 flat-roofed stone houses, about 100
mat huts, a garden of fruit-trees, a well, and a cistern. The water-supply is
good and plentiful, and there is good grazing; but there is practically no
cultivation and supplies, including fuel, are very scanty. The followirm-
roads branch off from Sana mowing
(1) To KakI—general direction south; continuing to Daiyir general
direction south-east.— [Native information. )
(2) To Khur Ziarat, the mouth of the Mund river—general direction
south-west; distance 38 miles over both hill and plain .—[Native
information — Butcher, 1888.)
SANA’— vide MUHAMMAREH (District).
SANCHU—
A hamlet in the Bakhtiari country, near the eastern end of the Chieha-
khur valley.— [Sawyer, 1890.)
SANG— Lat. 30° 50' N. ; Long. 56° 6' E.; Elev. 4,733'.
A village in Kirman, 25 miles west of Zarand, on the road to Yazd. It
consists of some 30 houses, with cultivation, and a fair amount of supplies
is procurable. A route runs from the village southwards to Bahramabad
[Sykes, 18U4.)
SANGAR— Lat. 30° 6' N.; Long. 52° 8" E. ; Elev.
A village in Ears, some 40 miles north-north-west of Shiraz on the road
to Behbehan. It contains 20 houses, built of stone embedded in mud, and
lies at the foot of the hill. The villagers are Persians, and own many sheep
and goats. There is extensive cultivation round the village, reaching 1A
miles to the northward. Water is obtained from a small qandt. Fuel here
is scarce.— [Hopkins, 1903.)
SANGAR-I-NADIRI—
A bit of ground in the south of Pusht-i-Kuh, enclosed by ruined stone
walls. It is said to be the remains of the camp of Nadir Shah when march
ing to invade Turkish territory. It lies about 14 miles north-west of Deh
Luran.— [Banking, 1909.)
SANGBARAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
An Armenian village in the Faridan division of the Isfahan province
between the Kuh-i-Khushk Rud and the Kuh-i-Dizak, 15 miles from
Nimagird.— [Schindler.)
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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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