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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎303r] (610/988)

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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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SHI—SHI
92'2
SHIJAIRAT—
A division of the Bani Hai'dan tribe (g-v.).
SHIKAFT-I-SULAIMAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A cave on the caravan route from Isfahan to Shushtar^ an hour’s journey
from the village of Malamir, which lies to the south of it; it is a large open
cave, at the top of a steep gorge, with water dripping from above the walls
lined with maiden-hair and harts-tongue ferns.
It was very dark in the cave and difficult to make out anything. On
the right, somewhat high up, are two panels; one has some figures in it
with hats not unlike those which the head in the De Sarsic collection, found
at Tel-loh (Sirgulla), bears. The priest here is similar to those in Kal Fara
in every respect. There were remains of cuneiform characters about in
each of these groups. In front of the cave, some 300 yards distant, are
some long mounds extending for about two hundred yards and about 30
feet high; these may cover some ruins, and they certainly would be worth
investigation.— {Report of a Journey through the Rakhtlarl Country to
Shushtar.)
SHIKALIYEH—
A small canal in the Fallahleh District of Southern 'Arabistan on the
right bank of the river Jarrahi, with which it is connected. It irrigates
land producing rice, dates and some wheat and barley. The rice-fields
extend for 5 miles.— {Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
SHIKAREH— vide KARUN (River) —
A village of 20 huts, 5 miles south-south-west of Ahwaz on the road to
Muhammareh.— {Burton, 1903.)
SHIKARU— Lat. Long. Elev.
A place near Darab in Fars, where iron mines are said to exist.— {War
Office — Persia.)
SHIKURUCH— Lat. Long. Elev. 1,200'.
A high hill on the east side of Karind. It is about 1,200 feet high, and
from its summit the snow-capped hills of Bisitun above Kirmanshah are
visible.— {Taylor.)
SHI LA. — Lat. Long. Elev.
A defile in the Bakhtiari mountains, Luristan, near the source of the
Karun river.— {Bayard.)
SHILA HAIDARI— Lat. Long. Elev.
A hamlet in Kirman, 4 miles east of the Bandar 'Abbas-Saidabad road,
about 29 miles south-south-east of the latter place.— {Gill, 1880.)
SHILAK (? GILAK)— Lat. Long. Elev,
A village in Fars, near Firuzabad, on the road thence to Shiraz,— {Taylor.)
SHILAU— Lat. 27° 40' N.; Long. 52° 20' E.; Elev.
A small village on the coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 4 miles westward of Tahirk
in Ears.— {Constable—Stiffe — Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Pilot.)

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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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