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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎65v] (135/1278)

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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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’ANA—ANl
Name.
Location.
Fighting Strength
Remarks.
Mahdieh
At Suzi and Azafeh on
the Gargar.
60, of whom 10
are mounted.
The section have huts ;
they own 80 cattle and
4,000 sheep and goats.
Nais
About Abu Qranmh on
the right bank of the
Shatait and on the
lower Diz.
200, n^ne are
mounted.
Inhabitants; they own
300 buffaloes, 600
cattle and 1,000 sheep
and goats. They
really belong to the
tribe of the same name
in the Hav, J.eh dis
trict.
Wahaiieh
At Suzl on the Gargar.
60, of wdiom 10
are mounted.
Live in huts and possess
60 cattle and 3,000
sheep and goats.
Except the ’Abadat section, the ’Anafijeh pay revenue direct to the
Shaikh of Muhammareh, through their own Shaikh, at present ’Alwan.
In bad years the Shaikh of Muhammareh remits his demands and even
finances the tribe.
The A1 Bu Haji section of the Hardan tribe pay their revenue to the Shaikh
of Muhammareh through the ’Anafijeh, among whom they reside. —{Persian
Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
’ANAFIJEH (2)—
A village near the river Shatait {q.v.).
’ANAIYITl vide KHALAFl.
ANAIYITl—
A canal branching off from the left bank of the Jarrahi river at Khazmeh,
a little below the Ghaiyadhl on the opposite side. The dependent popu
lation are Ka’b of the A1 Bu Haji ’All, Hasan, Makasibeh, and Sawailat
sections. There are 3,000 date palms and about 2,000 Hashim mans of
rice are produced.— { Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
ANAR— Lat. 30° 53' 22"; Long. 55° 16' 30"; Elev. 4,431'.
. A village in Kirman, 93 miles from Yazd, and 127 miles from Kirman,
on the road between these towns. A prosperous village of 400 houses with
2,000 inhabitants. Anar is the head of a small district of the same name.
It lies to the east of a range of hills, of which the most prominent peak is
called Nar Kuh. A curious old mud fort, encircled by a double wall, stands
on an eminence round which most of the houses are clustered, and the
place is generally garrisoned by a detachment of sowars. Water is led
down in qandts from the hills mentioned above.
Besides a good post-house and caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). , the place possesses a pro
minent mosque dedicated to Muhammed Salih bin Musa Kazim. There is
a telegraph office under the Persian Governmert, also a British central
station, and a caravan track connects it directly with Bandar ’Abbas via
Sald-abad.

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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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