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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎247v] (499/988)

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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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SAN—SAR
SANGl—
A village on the Bushire peninsula (q.v.).
SANG-I-TU—
A solitary c&TttV&nscT&i } ill miles from Sa. a,databad ; Rnmanj on the road
thence to Kirman. No supplies. Fuel can be gathered.—-(GW.)
SANFABAD^— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Yazd district^ lying in the plain to the south of the Palan-
gan range.— [Vaughan, 1890-)
SANIJ— Lat. 31° 40' N. ; Long. 54 // 3' E. ; Elev. 7 ; 730'.
A collection of villages in the district of Yazd, 13 miles by road from
Turum Pusht. The villages lie in a narrow valley at the foot of the Shir
Kuh, and aggregate about 5,020 houses. The houses are buih of stone
and mud. The village has gardens, cultivation, trees, and water in abund
ance. The whole place is covered with bee-hives, which encumber the
ground in every direction, and consist of long, coffin-shaped boxes.
[Vaughan, 1891.)
SARAB— Lat. Long. Elev.
A difficult pass in Ears between Kaleh Safld and Dushman Ziarl. It is
said to be as bad as any of the passes leading from Bushire to Shiraz, and
it is thickly wooded and capable of a good defence.— [Monteith.)
SARAB CHANGAI— Lat. Long. Elev.
A copious spring in Luristan issuing from the rock, at foot of Safid Kuh*
4| miles from Khurramabad on the road to Deh Bala . [Burton, 1897.)
SARAB DUREH— Lat. Long. Elev. 3850'.
Some springs in Luristan, 20 miles from Khurramabad on the road to Deh
Bala. Some cultivation; large flocks and herds in summer, and a camp o
150 Lur tents ; water, wood, and forage plentiful; some supplies in summer
only; ample camp room.— [Burton, September 1897.)
SARAB-I-SlAH (1) (River) — Lat. Long. Elev.
A sluggish, muddy river draining the eastern arm of the Chal-i-Mureh
plain in the Shulistan district of Ears. It falls into the main stream (pro
bably the Zuhreh), 2 miles from the Ganjagan lidge. The water is good.
On its banks is the Tul-i-Surneh ( q.v.) near to which the river is forde ,
apparently with a certain amount of difficulty at all times. It flows in a
stream, 20 yards broad and 4 feet deep, in a wide bed, the banks of which are
covered with thick jungle. In winter it must be quite impassable, the
river was evidently formerly led round the east side of the Tul-i-Surneh moan ,
as well as on the west side, thus securing for the mound a wet ditch. INow,
however, there is water on the west side only .—[Veils — McGowan, 1890
— Hopkins, 1803.)
SARAB-I-SlAH (2) (Valley)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A valley of Ears, entered on the road from Fehlian to Basht, north-west
of Shiraz. It lies between two parallel chains of hills. At first it is we
cultivated, but, farther on, is covered with high grass, and becomes a mere
swamp abounding with game.

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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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