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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎257v] (519/988)

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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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to wait at Mandali till they are sufficiently numerous to defend themselves.
Since about 1903 they are accompanied across the plain of Saumar up to
Dabrullah by ZapUehs from Mandali, the Yali of Baghdad thus main
taining the claim of his Government on this territory.—(C^art, February
1904.)
In the spring of 1904 the Turks once more invaded the plain of Saumar.
The Persian Government sent a protest to the various Legations in Tehran
and then instructed the customs authorities in Kirmanshah to investigate
the means of safeguarding the rights of Persia to Saumar.
In the report that was sent to Tehran the following facts were noted.
The only place where the waters of the river of Tvan, formed by the junc
tion of the Ab-i-Gangir and the Ab-i-Khuram, could be diverted is at a
place called Saddeh near Du Bararan, before that it runs between cliffs
of solid rock or through narrow valleys. To divert the river, either a large
dam, costing from 5 to 7 thousand tumans would need to be made here,
or else the bed of a former canal would have to be deepened, to bring it
down to the level of the river.
The hill of Saumar is easily defended, and would protect the work.
Por further details see Rabino's “Gazetteer of Kirmanshah 1907.”—'
(Rabino, 1907.)
SAWAILlT—
A section of the Ka J b tribe (q.v.).
SAVON AT (? I STEH BAN AT)— L at. 29° 8' N.; Long. 54° 2' E.; Elev.
A village in Ears, about 16 miles south of the south-east corner of the lake
Nir.z. It is a flourishing place, situated in fine plain in the midst of many
gardens and cultivation, and is surrounded by a mud wall. Linen cloth,
called karbas, is manufactured here, and the place is celebrated for its
earthenware, which is made to great perfection, the materials being obtained
from the neighbouring mountains. Here also are made excellent wooden
spoons of box and pear wood. The population is numerous, and the whole
place wears an appearance of industry and comfort.— {Ouseley — Lovett.)
SAZA-BlN (Gouge) —
Is pierced by the Saimarreh river between the ends of the Charmin and
Lara Mountains, as it enters the Rudbar valley of Luristan from the direc
tion of Hulilan. The gorge is winding, and of rugged cliffs to either hand
of the stream : it is traversed merely by a difficult foothpath and is imprac
ticable for animals.—(2?.)
M EHKUNAR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Shabankareh district of Ears, south of Deh Kuhneh. It
contains 30 houses inhabited by original Persians, who cultivate wheat and
barley. The villagers own 40 donkeys and 800 sheep, and export a small
quantity of wool to Bushire via Shif.— { Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
S EH LAB AD (1)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village, 18 miles beyond Taft, south-west of Yazd.— {Preece, 1892.)
SERAI BAGH—
A valley south of Lar. Larger than the Karmusteh valley, extending
nearly to Fidagh. The water from the hills is absorbed in the valley cul-

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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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