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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [25v] (55/1278)
The record is made up of 1 volume (635 folios). It was created in 1924. 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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ABT—ABtJ
ascent is not difficult. From it, a path diverges north-north-west to Alish-
tar. Two miles beyond and below the pass are the springs of Abtaf. Her e
are abundant water, wood, forage, camp room on adjacent spurs, but
no supplies.— {Burton, September 1897.) {Wilson, 1911.)
Ab tursak—
A river of Khuzistan, crossed by the road from Badrah to MandalL It is
said to fall into the river of Mandali.— {Layard.)
ABU ALAlQ (Village), vide JARRAHl (River).
ABU’ AMUD—
A village on the river Shatait {q.v.).
ABU BASHA (?)— Lat. 32° V N. ; Long. 42° 33' E. ; Elev.
An old tomb on the river Dizful in Khuzistan, 5 miles above which is the
highest point attained on that river by Lieutenant Selby in the steamer
Euphrates. That officer, however, was of opinion that with a more power
ful vessel this river could be navigated higher.— {Selby ; Layard.)
’ABUDEH—
A division of the Bani Hardan tribe {q.v.).
’ABUDI (Canal)—
A branch from the left bank of the Fallahieh canal in Southern
’Arabistan, about 1 mile above Fallahieh town.— {
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer,
1908.)
ABU DIBBIS (1), vide KARUN (River).
ABt DIBBIS (2)—Lat. 31° 15' 50" N. ; Long. 48° 40' E. ; Elev.
An island in the river Karun, 2 miles below the village of the same
name.— {
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
ABU DUBAIAN (Village), vide JARRAHl (River).
ABU HAMREH—
A division of the Hamaid tribe {q.v.).
ABU KAIB, vide KUHAK.
ABUL-FATH, or BUL FATH or BULFA— Lat. 29° 48' N. ; Long. 50°
23' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Liravi district of Fars, 15 miles south-east of Bandar
Dllam. It contains 40 houses of Lurs and mixed tribes, and obtains its
water- supply from wells. Bui Fath appears to be the most correct name.—
{Foreign Dept. Gazetteer, 1905.)
ABU TAVIL— Lat. 29° 12' N. : Long. 51° 9' E.; Elev.
A village in the Dashtistan district of Fars, 5 miles north-north-west
of Chah Kutah. It contains 30 houses of Damukh (Dawasir) Arabs
who are Sunnis and speak Arabic as well as Persian. The cultivation
comprises dates, tobacco, water-melons, wheat and barley. The village
is under Bushire in the jurisdiction of the Shaikh of Chah K utah. There
are 30 horses, 200 donkeys, 150 cattle and 600 sheep and goats.— {Persian
Gulf Gazetteer. 1908.)
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The item is Volume III, Part I: A to K of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (Provisional Edition, 1917, reprinted 1924).
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 636), 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.
Printed at the Government of India Press, Simla, 1924.
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- 1 volume (635 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 637; 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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