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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎271r] (546/988)

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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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peai 1-boats which visit the banks on the Arabian side in summer, also
I sambuq which makes trading voyages to the Shibkuh Ports and Bahrain
besides about 80 smaller boats, Baqarehs and Shu’ais, used for fishing
and for pearling on the local banks at Shatwar islet. Shaikh Shu'aib is
subject to the Hamadi Shaikh whose authority is represented by a resident
Naib : the Shaikh, who is reputed better off than most of his compeers, is
said to derive most of his substance from the possession of the island.
There are about 40 modern rifles in the possession of the inhabitants.—
{Lorimer, 1906.)
SHAIKH ZUHRAN —Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place, 119 miles from Dizful, on the road thence to Muhammareh
by Shush.— (Rivadeneyra.)
SHATTER —Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place, 10 miles west of Deh ’All, on the road from Kuh Banan
to Yazd, on the south-east of that pruvince. It is the easternmost village
of the Bafq sub-district of Yazd.— {Stack—Abbott.)
SHAKARI, BAGH.
A village on the Bushire peninsula
SHAKHAT "ABARTEH—
. A village on the north shore of ^Abbadan island, consisting of 30 huts and
inhabited by Mutur (Muhaisin)— Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
SHAKHAT ABUL-KHUDHAIR—
. A village on the east shore of bAbbadan island. It contains 13 huts and is
inhabited by Mutur (Muhaisin)—(Pmww Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
SHAKHAT BAIT HANUN—
A village on the east shore of 'Abbadan island. It contains 80 mud houses
and huts and is inhabited by Dris.— [Reruan Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
SHAKHAT BAIT SALIM—
A village on the east shore of 'Abbadan island. It consists of 12 huts
inhabited by Mutur (Muhaisin).— { Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
SHAKHAT GHANIM—
A canal in the Eallahleh district of Southern 'Arabistan, on the left bank
of the river Jarrahl with which it is connected. This canal irrigates fad-
dans of land on which Ka'b of the A1 Bu Ghubaish division grow wheat and
barley.— { Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
SHAKHAT HAJX 'ARRAK—
A village on the north shore of ’Abbadan island. It consists of 20 mud
houses inhabited by Mutur (Muhaisin.)—(Pem'aw Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
SHAKHAT HAJI DIGHAIFIJ—
. village on the north shore of ^Abbadan island. It consists of 20 houses
inhabited by Mutur (Muhaisin.)— { Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
SHAKHAT HAJI IS-HAQ—
A village on the east shore of ^Abbadan island. It contains 40 mud
houses and is inhabited by ~Dr\&.—{ Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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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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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