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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎39r] (82/1278)

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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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Name.
Location.
Nature.
Remarks.
Saiyid Jasim .
In the Bu’airish plain
A camping-
Occupied in winter by
towards its north-west
side.
ground.
Saiyid families.
Savaiseh .
8 miles east of Braikeh on
Do. .
There is another spot
the Karun.
bearing the same
name a little way
south of Thinieh.
Shaikh Asad
8 miles east of Isma’ili on
Do. .
So named from the
the Karun.
Shaikh—still alive—
of a Bavieh section
camp here.
Shaikh Hauzi .
12 miles south-south
east of Nasiri.
Do. .
Bavieh Bedouins pitch
here and the place

takes its name from
one of their former
Shaikhs.
.
Shaikh Marid
2 miles south of Shaikh
Asad.
Do. .
Nomad Bavieh occupy
this place which takes
its name from one
of their present
Shaikhs. About 1
mile east of Shaikh
Marid is a ruined im-
amzadek called Magfr-
i ...
rur.
Shakheh .
On the west side of Banneh
..
See article Shakheh.
Shartagh .
7 miles east of Kuh Nahr
Hashim on the Karun.
A locality
The inhabitants are
Hardan of the Har-
dan, ’Abudeh and
Bani Tamim sections.
Shavveh .
East of Shakheh on the
borders of the Ramuz
Do. .
Frequented W the
Shavakir tribe.
Sidieh (1) .
district.
On the right bank of the
Karun river below Li’-
Do. .
A principal residence
cf the Shijairat sec-
tion of the Hardan
aimi.
tribe.
Sidieh (2) .
11 miles south-south-east
Do. .
Bavieh encamp here.
of Nasiri.
o:Ii xo 0
. •
Tal Bumeh
About 4 miles north-east
of Wais.
Do. .
The inhabitants are
Hotah or shepherds
h > VIA s
not belonging to any
particular tribe.
Tavileh
About 11 miles north of
Thinreh adjoining Chai
Sudan.
Do. .
A resort of Bavieh of
the A1 Bu’ Atuvi and
the A1 Bu Bald
sections.
D

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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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