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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎355r] (714/988)

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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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SUR—SUR
974
SURKH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village near Nigar {q.v.) in the Kirman district.
SURKHA Tribe—
A little known Arab tribe inhabiting the extreme west of the Dizful dis
trict beyond the Karkheh river. One of their sections, called Mushattat
supplies escorts for the part of the caravan route between Dizful and 'Ama-
nm. (1 robably the Sarkheh section of the Rani Lam.)— [Foreiqn Depart
ment Gazetteer, 1905.) • 1
SURKHALMAL—
A pass in Kirmanshah crossing the Sambala range, three stages south
west of Zuhab on the road to Shushtar.— (Dawlinson.)
SURKH-I-KALAT— Lat. Long. Elev
A range in Ears passed between Guyum and Shiraz. Katat and Husain-
abad lie under its spurs.— [Durand)
SURKH UN— Lat. 27° 23' N.; Long. 56° 80" E.; Elev.
A village of Lar lying in the plain between Bandar "Abbas and Kuh Ginau
and subject to the former, from which it is 7 miles distant. The principal
water-supply is from wells which are fresh. It has also a small spring of
water supplying a portion of the plantation.— Rahim)
SURMAQ— Lat. 81° 2' 25" N.; Long. 52° 52' E.; Elev. 6,150'.—
John) ; • v •
A large village in the province of Ears, on the Shlraz-Isfahan road, the
7th caravan and 8th post stage from Shiraz, from which it is distant 170
miles. It is 156 miles south-east of Isfahan. A road branches from here
north-east through Abrquh (34 miles) to Yazd. The village stands on a
broad, flat, barren plain bounded by barren mountains. A portion of it
is contained within hard brick walls, with four round towers, in the shape
of a parallelogram, but a greater portion of its lies outside these walls, includ
ing the caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). and the chdparkhaneh. It is surrounded by exten
sive gardens stretching some miles to the east and south-east. It is the
residence of Khusrau Khan, a man of some importance in this neighbour
hood. There is extensive cultivation of cotton, of which there is considerable
export from here, as well as from Iqlid, to the west. There are some ancient
ruins just outside and to the north of the village, known as the Kaleh-i-
Bahram.
The village belongs to peasant proprietors under Shiraz. Taxes to the
amount of 17,500 tumdns are paid annually: 4,800 mansoi grain are sown
yearly. There are about 800 houses, of which 300 are outside the wall.
The population is estimated at 6,000. Supplies are plentiful and water
from qandts is good. At 2 farsakhs distance from village iron is found • at
4 farsakhs distance copper and lead.— [Allahverdiantz, 1891.')
The village is also called Surmeh.— [Dreece, 1892—Arluthnot, 1905
Cobban, 1907.)
SURMIL.— see SAR-I-MIL.

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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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