'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [419v] (843/988)
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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1039
ZIR—ZIR
(11) Pul-i-Chanij near the villages of Rudan in the Kararaj district.
(12) Pul-i-Sarvaji Badran, but the river now runs some distance south
of it.
(13) Pul-i-Varzaneh, near the village of Varzaneh in the Ruidasht
district. Below the Yarzaneh bridge are three dykes—the
Band-i-Marvan, the Band-i-Janjij, and the Band-i-Shanzdeh
Deh, for raising the river so as to use it for irrigation. Not far
from the last dyke the river flows into the Gav-Khaneh salt
marsh.
The amount of water in the river is estimated at 60,000 cubic feet of
water per second in spring; in autumn it is reduced to 20,000.
{Schindler — Arbuthnot, 1905.)
ZlRA (District) —
A small district of Pars, subject to the Governor of the Gulf Ports and
situated between the Rud-i-Shirin and DalakI streams immediately above
their junction where the Rud Hilleh river is formed; the district extends
also a little to the west of the Rud-i-Shlrin. Zlra is^ enclosed between the
Shabankareh district on the west, the Mazara^i district on the north, and
the Dashtistan district on the east and south. The district lies close under
the hills, and the heat in summer is great. Dates and some cotton are
grown, but the principal crops, as in the neighbouring districts, are wheat
and barley. The inhabitants are a medley of Persian-speaking tribes,
all of whom are ShPahs; their number is estimated at 4,000 souls. The
men are well-armed with rifles and knives, and revolvers are worn. Agri
cultural produce is the only export, and imports are the same as in the other
small districts near Bushire. The Hashim man of Zira is equal to 20
Hashim mans of Bushire. The transport available in the district amounts
to about 50 horses and 1,500 mules. The district is managed by the Khan
of Shabankareh, who has a representative at Daurudgah ,* but the revenue
of part of it is farmed by the Salar-i-MiPazzam. Arable land is assessed
at 100 krdns gdu of cultivation, and the tax on dates is half its produce
value in cash. Administrative arrangements are the same as in
Shabankareh.
The following are the villages of the Zira district; those regarding which
information is available are described separately under their own names
in this Gazetteer
4. Tall Alisfi.
5. Tall Qatil (y.r.)
6. Tall Kharki.
7. Tall Kharpai.
8. Tall Sarkuh (j.r.)
9. Zira.
{Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1908.)
During recent years the small but rich, district of Behbera has been added
to Zira by Ismail. It consists of 2 villages.
ZIR BDGH-I-SHAH —Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the district of Yazd, situated in the Deh Bala valley {q.v .).—
{Vaughan, 1890.)
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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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