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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎417r] (838/988)

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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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ZAW—ZIB
1036
ZAWlZAH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Khuzistan on the left bank of the Dizful river. It is
celebrated for its gardens and rich arable land.— (Layard.)
Z EH R-I-S HIR—L at. Long. Elev.
A large village in South-east Ears, 26 miles from Jehrum on the road
thence to Fasa, of which it forms the 2nd stage. The village has fruit
gardens and a few date-palms, and is surrounded by a quantity of cultivation
insuring supplies of grain. The villagers also own at least 100 cows, and
from 300 to 400 sheep and goats. A large, white-domed tomb close to the
village on the north-west side affords a good landmark to the surrounding
country.— (Stotherd, 1893.)
ZllRAT (1)— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village, 14 miles west of Khunsar on the road to Shiraz, in the district
of Sar Chahan.— (Freece, 1892.)
ZlARAT (2)— Lat. 29° 16' N.; Long. 51° 7' E.; Elev.
A village in the Dashtistan district of Ears, 8 miles west by north of
Borazjun. It contains 200 houses inhabited by descendants of DashtI immi
grants, who grow wheat, barley, and dates, and own 200 donkeys and some
mules. There is a small shrine called Shaikh Mansur here.— {Foreign
Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
ZlARAT (3)— Lat. 28° 14' N. ; Long. 51° 18' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Dashti district of Ears, near the coast and 6 miles noiih
of Khur Ziarat, which is the mouth of the Mund river. It contains 40
houses.— [Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
ZlARAT (4*)—see SHlBKUH (Ports).
ZlARAT, KUH-I- —Lat. 29° 18' 3" N.; Long. 55° 12' 4" E.; Elev. 9,391'.
A range of high, steep hills, abutting on the western edge of the kavlr.
Opposite to it, to the north, is another range, called the Kuh-i-Siah-i-
Khairabad, and between the two a valley or defile runs east and west,
debouching on the great kavlr. The watershed of this defile, which is
traversed by the track from Shiraz to Kirman via Niriz and Saidabad forms
the boundary between the provinces of Shiraz and Kirman.— [Dobbs, 1902.)
ZIARAT-GAH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A straggling village, 3£ miles from Sular, with numerous walled vine
yards and extensive fields of wheat and barley. It lies just east of the
road and is said to contain 600 souls, There is one qfindt; malldt, 600
tumdns .— [Grahame, 1908.)
ZlARAT SAIYID AKBAR.— Lat. Long. Elev. 700'.
A shrine in Luristan, 74 miles, west of Dizful, on the road to Kut-al-
'Amarah. There is at times at llldt encampment there near a very small
brackish stream. No supplies.— [Sartorius.)
ZIB AH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Khuzistan, on the left bank of the Dizful river. It is cele
brated for its gardens and rich arable land.— [Layarid)

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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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