'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [349v] (703/988)
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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969
SIR—SIV
SIRKANl— Lat.
Long.
Elev. 5,5 50 f .
A valley in the Pish Kuh district of Luristan, just beyond the Kirman-
shah-Luristan frontier and about 40 miles south-west of Kirmanshah town,
on the road to Khurramabad. The valley is irrigated by a good stream
and many springs, and in summer, patches of cultivation and clusters
of the black tents of the Lurs are met with. There is then good grazing,
and flocks of sheep and goats, and occasional herds of cattle, are seen.
Scattered supplies from nomad tents in the summer only. No fuel.—
[Burton,, August, 1897.)
SIRVAN—
A river of Western Luristan, flowing in a south-easterly direction from
the hills of south of Zuhab towards Dizf ul. The ruins of the same lie across
the river west of Hulllan.-— [Bawhnson.)
SISAKIIT— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, about half-way between Behbehan and Ciurnisheh.—
{Wells)
SISHTAK-I-ZAR— see KARMUSTEH.
SlSTAN—L at. 28° 29' N.; Long. 53° 12' E. ; Elev.
A village in Ears passed at 56$ miles from Flruzabad on the road thence
to Jehrum. It lies about 4 miles south of, and is visible from the road.
— {8totherd, 1893)
SITAGUN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in fhe Earidan division of the Isfahan province, a couple of
miles south-west of Nimagird, at the foot of the Akdash.— {Schindler)
SITAMABAD—
A village on the Bushire peninsula {q.v ).
SITATLEH—
A sub-division of the Bani Turuf {q.v ).
SlVAND—L at. 30° 4' N. ; Long. 52° 58' E. ; Elev. 5,600'.
A village in the Khafrak division of the province of Ears, on the Shiraz-
Isfahan post road ; on the 4th caravan and post stage, and 62 miles from
Shiraz. It is situated on the slopes of the high rocky hills, enclosing the
valley which is about 1 mile broad, on both sides ; and through which a
stream flows formed for the most part of water diverted from the river Pul-
var. It is a considerable village, and is the head-quarters of the charvadar
(mule-owners) of the southern portion of the Shiraz-Isfahan route. There
is a
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
, with ample supplies and good and plentiful water. Popu
lation 2,000. The valley is well cultivated and has some good trees. There
is a telegraph rest-house of the Indo-European Telegraph Company, to the
north of the village, in telephone communication with Shiraz. The valley
is planted with vines and much cut up by irrigation channels— {Ouseley
— Morier — Jones — Clerk — Trotter — MacGregor — Newcomen, 1905 — Arbuth-
not, 1905)
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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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