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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎35v] (75/1278)

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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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AHW—AHW
Natural features and general topography .—The great plain between the
Karun river and the Itamuz district, which has no general name, though
parts of it are distinguished and designated, lies entirely in the Ahwaz
district, of which it form; about half. This plain is generally grassy, and
in favourable years it is sprinkled with patches of wheat cultivation. After
rain it becomes swampy, and in some seasons the mosquitoes are very
troublesome. The Gupal stream enters the plain at its eastern end and
forms a marsh at Shakheh towards its centre. The principal hills are those
of Ahwaz and Bunneh. A considerable strip of country parallel to the
Karun river on its east side, is drained by the Malih hollow, which begins
near Ahwaz and ends near Gharaibeh in the Fallahieh district. A ridge
of higher country divides the marshes, formed by the Malih in its lower
course from the overflow southwards towards the Jarrahi of the surplus
waters of the Gupal stream. The main feature, however, of the Ahwaz
district is the Karun river bisecting it. The part of the district to the
west of the Karun is still, except for information from native sources
virtually a terra incognita.
The following is a table of the principal natural features and localities
having names which occur in the district
Name.
Position.
Nature.
Remarks.
Ahwaz (Kuh-i-oi-
jabal-ul)
Cross the Karun river at
Ahwaz village ami
extent in the direction
of Banneh.
Hills
••
’Araibieh . „
11 miles north of Thinieh,
close to Tavileh, etc
1 locality
Bavieh of the ’Amur
section frequent this
place.
Bait Miz’al
13 miles east by south of
Isma’ili on the Karun,
on the right bank of an
old canal which ran
from Nasiri in the
direction of Fallahieh
town.
Do. .
A resort of Bavieh
nomads called after
a Shaikh, now de
ceased.
Banneh
•Several, perhaps 9 or 10,
miles south or sov.ti
east of the point whc-r
the Ramnz-Nasiri ro iq
crosses the Gupal river.
group of hills
with the lands
ad j oining.
The hills appear to be
a continuation of
the ridge which cros
ses the Karun at
Ahwaz village. Bavi
eh of the Bait Sun-
hair section camp and
cultivate at this place,
also numerous Ka’b
of the Muqaddam
division.

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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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