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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [275v] (555/988)
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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895
SHA—SHA
SHAMASIRX— Lat. Long. Elev. ■' < ' t
A valley in the Bakhtiari country, through which a stream of the same
name runs to join the Ddab stream (pide this Gazetteer}.—(taycr, WW.)
SHAMD.lBAD— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village, 4 miles south-west of Deh Shir, on the western road from Yazd
to ShiraZi— (MacGregor.)
SHAMIL (\)—see CHASTUM.
SHAMIL (2)—
This district and the most important places in it are described in
Volume IV.
SHAM-LU—
A branch of the Afshar tribe.
SHAMSAB—
A pass in Luristan on the Kirmanshah-Deh-Bala Road—path stony and
bad.
SHAMSABAD (1)—Lat. 32° 20' K; Long. 48° 30' E. ; Elev.
A village in Northern ' Arabistan, 8 miles south-east of Dizful. It contains
a small fort, four gardens, a mill, and a shrine, called Imamzadeh Amir,
and is inhabited by Bakhtiari and Lurs, the former being to the latter in
the proportion of 2 to 1. It musters a fighting strength of 200 men with
15 rifles. The gardens are watered by the Sharafabad canal from the Biz
river.-— (
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
SHAMSABAD (2)— Lat. 29° 1' N. ; Long. 53° 50' E.; Elev.
A village in Ears, about 15 miles north-east of Fasa, near the road thence
to mrlz.—iStotherd, 1893.)
SHAM SAB AD (3)—Lat, 32° 10' N.; Long. 50° 55' E. ; Elev. 6,650'.
A small walled village in the Bakhtiari country, situated _ about the
centre of the Chehar Mahal plateau, on the left bank of the Ab-i-Jehan-
bin and at the foot of the Kuh-i-Jehan-bin (13,000'). It is a fairly pros
perous village, containing about 300 houses, and is built in the form of 2
square, fort-like enclosures, 100 and 50 yards square respectively. There
is also a large fortified house with comer towers. The population _ is
estimated at 800. The Isfahan-Shushtar road traverses the village 12 miles
south of Qehfarukh. The valley above the village on both sides of the
rivers which is about 20 feet wide and 2 feet deep, running between banks
6 feet high, is highly cultivated and is swampy on the banks of the stream.
In August it is a broad stretch of corn. Large flocks and herds are pastured
here in summer. The stream is crossed between Kuh-i-Jehan-bin and
Zangum by a bridge of 10 arches of 6 feet span, showing that a good
amount of water-way has to be allowed in time of flood. Shamsabad is
the residence of Yusuf Khan, Ftizad-us-Saltaneh, joint Governor of the
Chehar Mahal.— (Wells — Schindler- — Burton, 1903 — Arhuthnot, 1905.)^ .
Water plentiful from qandts and wells. Supplies in large quantities,
fuel in small quantities.— ( Ranking, 1910.)
SHAMSABAD If)—vide SHAMSABAD-I-TAKHT.
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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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