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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎331v] (667/988)

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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
a fine clear stream, 50 feet broad and 18 inches deep, and very swift.
From here it runs between precipitous cliffs and disappears, emerging again
at lludian. At Kudian it is crossed by a wooden bridge made of trunks of
trees and mud and stones. The bridge is very shaky and is quite impassable
for guns. It is joined here by another considerable stream, both of the
rivers being unfordable in -most places. The river then flows west towards
Kaleh Safid which is perched on a cliff on its left bank. The river is bright,
deep and clear, with bright green water.
It is said that Shiraz was in former days supplied with water from the
Shish Pir valley.— (Durand — Vaughan, 1890.)
SHITALlYEH—
A canal in the Fallahieh district of Southern ^Arabistan on the right bank
of the Jarrahi river, with which it is connected. It irrigates 3 faddans of
country cultivated by Ka^b Arabs, chiefly Muqaddam, who grow wheat
and barley.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
SHIT VAR— Lat. (west end) 26° 47 7 19” N.; Long. 53° 16' 54' / E.; Elev.
An islet, 1 mile long and \ mile broad, off the coast of Ear, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
close to the east end of Pu Shrfiaib. It is a sandy and has no trees.
Petween this island and Pu Shu'aib is a channel less than a mile broad,
which is not less than 3 fathoms, and between it and the mainland there
is a channel, 5 miles broad, with rocky bottom and irregular soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. ,
which is dangerous. The channel between Pu Shifiaib and Shitvar is
not considered safe, unless to persons acquainted with it, as the reef does
not always show, and the soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. have little or no change until you
are upon it. Shitvar is politically dependent on Maqam, but it is unin
habited and visited only by the inhabitants of Pu Shwaib for fishing, and
for pearling on some banks which adjoin it.— (Taylor — Bruchs—Persian
Gulf Pilot, 1906, — Lorimer, 1906.)
SH1VIRAVAN (River)—
SHIVA—
The fort is visible about the middle of the photograph, on the right is a
small natural boat harbour formed by a nroiectinsr rock.
SIIIYAKHlN—
A section of the Ka'b tribe (q.v.).
SHI YU— Lat. 27° 4' 22" N.; Long. 52° 8' 50" E.
One of the Shibkuh ports of the Persian coast; it is situated about 39
miles east-south-east of Naband and 773 miles west-north-west of Charak.
Half a mile south-east of the village is a peaked hill about 250 feet high,
and a hill about 120 feet in height, behind the village, carries a tower;
there is also a fort in the place itself. A large flat, black rock, projecting
into the sea in front of the village, forms a small boat-harbour and is the
best landing-place. The anchorage at Shiyu is said to be tolerably well
sheltered, close in, from the shamal; but there must be a considerable
swell. A moderate amount of good water is contained in wells close to
the beach. Shiyu consists of about 150 stone houses and huts, partly of
Arabs and partly of Persians from Lar, etc., the people are mostly Sunnis

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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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