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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [415r] (834/988)
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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ZAR—ZAR
1034
of the Mama river, with camp room, good grazing in spring and early summer
and water from the river which contains a good stream. Zarinabad is
a camp of the 'All Khani Kurds, numbering 50 houses; they usually encamp
there from April to October.— {Burton, September 1897.)
ZARNEH (1)— Lat. Long. Elev. 8,240'.
A village on the road from Isfahan to Burujird, 102 miles from the former,
7 miles from Khuigan. It is on the watershed of that part of Persia.
Fruitful corn-fields and pasture everywhere. Snow lies from November
to April. It is Government property; inhabitants mainly Armenians.—
{Schindler.)
ZARNEH (2)— Lat. 33° 35' N.; Long. 46° 13' E.; Elev.
A village in Kirmanshah on the road from Zuhab to Shushtar. It is 28
miles south of Gilan and 40 miles from Gharduvar. It is situated on a
barren plain. There are extensive ruins in the vicinity; it lies two miles
from the Qanqlr river, and is inhabited by Kalhurs.— {Rawlinson.)
ZARNINI— Lat. 30° 13' N.; Long. 49° 30' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Ramuz district, 4 to 5 miles from Ramuz town, south of
the road to Mirbacheh. It contains 50 huts of Al Khaims of the Mansur
and Rizaij-as-Sufur sections, forming 3 small bunnehs or hamlets. This
settlement is situated on the lands of the Muntazim-ud-Dauleh and the late
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Mufaghgham (or Sipahdar), but some land belonging to the Ptiyad-
us-Saltaneh approaches it very nearly.
The village is also called Zarini.— {
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
ZARQAN or PUZEHZARQAN— Lat. 29° 46' N.; Long. 52° 46' E.;
Elev. 5,400'.
A large village, 15 miles north of Shiraz in the province of Ears, on the
Shiraz-Isfahan postroad. It is the 1st caravan and poststage from Shiraz
(24 miles). It is situated at the foot of a bare ridge rising about 1,000 feet
above the plain, at the south-west extremity of the Marvdasht plain, and is
one of the two Puzeh, which marks the boundaries of that historic plain {vide
Puzeh-i-Takht-i-Jamshid). It is a prosperous village in a low-lying moun
tain-locked plain of 3,500 inhabitants, who are principally occupied in
cultivation of wheat, barley, cotton, sesamum, opium, peas, maize, millet,
vegetable and vines, besides the manufacture of certain coarse cloth. It is
the headquarters of a certain number of the chdrvdddrs (mule-owners) on the
Shiraz-Isfahan route. It owns 800 houses. The post-house is at the north
east corner of the village, and two inferior caravanserais in the main street.
Good water-supply from wells and supplies of all kinds are obtainable
here. Owing to the immediate neighbourhood being extensively irri
gated, its surroundings be come almost a marsh at certain seasons of the
year, which give rise to a considerable amount of fever and similar diseases.
The village is approached from the north across a swamp one mile in length
over which is laid a causeway in a deplorable condition. 100,000 mans
wheat and barley harvested in July; 50,000 mans cotton and other cereals
also produced. Water from q^andts and numerous wells; mdlidt 8,000
tumdns ; 100 donkeys and ponies available. Supplies plentiful; meat
scarce in winter.— {Felly — Morier—Mac Gregor — Stack — Odling — Arbuth-
not, 1906- — Wilson, 1907)
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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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