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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [333v] (671/988)
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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953
SHU—SHU
—(T'lHi
Though only 10 yards wide, it is not fordable for 16 miles below this
except at a place named Amat-uz-Zaman.— {Baring — Wells.)
SHUKRAB-Lat. Long. Elev. 1,020'.
A camping-ground in the Western Bakhtiari country, usually made the
1st stage from Shushtar (32 miles) on that branch of the Bakhtiari caravan
route. The spot may be recognised as being to the left of the road just
after a steep ascent from a small amphitheatre, through which flows the
Shur-i-Labahri. Below the camping-ground to the north is a small stream,
the water of which is just drinkable, though with a taste of naphtha. No
habitations beyond That encampments in the neighbourhood, which showlfl
be avoided.— {Arbuthnot, 1905.)
SHUL (1)— Lat. 29° 59' N.; Long 52° 8' E.; Elev. 6,730'.
A village in Ears, some 37 miles north-north-west of Shiraz on the road
to Behbehan. It contains 10 large stone houses and two towers, and has
two good springs of water.
A road guard belonging to the Governor of Shiraz is said to be stationed
here. Supplies are said to be procurable, and there are vineyards in the
vicinity.— {Pellg — Jones — Hopkins, 1903.)
SHUL (2)— Lat. 29° 55' N.; Long. 52° 15' E.; Elev.
A village in Ears, 27 miles north-west of Shiraz on the road to Behbe
han, from which it is 111 miles distant. Supplies of grain, slaughter cattle,
fuel, and water are plentiful here.— (Jones.)
SHUL (3)— Lat. 30° N.; Long. 51° 37' E.; Elev.
The river Shul is said to come down the Tang-i-Khast from the Tang-i-
Rudian, where it is called the Ab-i-Rudian ; the stream is artificial, having
been cut for the benefit of the rice-fields ; the main river, running toNurabad
and thence to Kazarun, being in fact no other than the Shahpur, marked
on the map as running into the sea north of Bushire. The trade from
Pul-i-Murd to Tang-i-Rudian and Shiraz goes for some distance along the
bank of the Shul.— (Baring — Wells.)
SHUL (4)— Lat.— Long. Elev.
There are said to be six villages of this name in or near the Tang-i-Shul
in Ears, between Khani Man and Dilkhun.— (Vaughan, 1891.)
SHUL (5)—Lat. 80° 17' N.; Long. 52° 7" E.; Elev.
A village and valley in Ears, near that of Kam Eiruz. There are eight
villages in the valley, the smallest hamlet, apparently, being called a village.
The mal-i-divani of the Shul is 800 tumans nominally, but about 1,200 are
exacted. Besides this—
1,000 vine roots
.
.
. 5 tumdns.
walnut tree
.
.
. § krdn.
4 apple or apricot trees .
.
.
. 1 do.
cow ....
.
.
. do.
sheep ....
.
.
. 1 do.
Poll-tax.. . .
.
.
. 1 tumdn to 35 kri ns.
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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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