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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [81r] (166/1278)
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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’AltASH—L at. 29° 26' N. ; Long. 50° 41' ; Eluv.
A village in the Haiat Baud district of Ears, situated on the sea coast, 42
miles north of Bandar Rig. It contains 12 huts, inhabited by Sunni set
tlers from Bandar Rig, who grow a little wheat and barley. Shady trees
and good water.— (Petty — Bell—Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
’ARAZlEH— Lat. 30° 25' N. ; Long. 48° 11' E. Elev.
A village on the west shore of Abbadan island 1 mile below the mouth of
the Karun. It contains 25 mud huts, and is inhabited by ’Ahl-ul-’Ariaz
and tribesmen from the Turkish side of the river Shatt-al-’Arab (Mu-
haisin.)— (
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 190>8.)
AREA ’EH— Lat. 28° 50' N. ; Long. 52° 33' E. ; Elev.
A small sub-district of Ears, situated close to Firuzabad, and consisting
of four villages, viz., Hangam, celebrated for its gardens and fruits, Abadirun
Rud, Bala Rud, Bala Sufla.— (Felly — Ross.)
ARBlDlEH, vide SHATT-AL-’ARAB.
ARDAKAN— Lat. 30° 17' N. ; Long. 52° E. ; Elev. 7,510'.
A village and a district in Ears, about 66 miles north-west of Shiraz.
The town is situated in a narrow valley at the foot of the Kfdi Guar and
contains about 500 houses. A fine stream runs through the centre of the
valley, the waters of which come from the Tang-i-Sardab above it. There are
houses on both sides of the stream, but principally on the left bank. The
town contains a bazar of 30 or 40 shops, and the houses, which are built prin
cipally of wood with large projecting eaves, are well-constructed and com
modious. There are numerous walnut, willow and other trees about, and
also extensive cultivation. Supplies of all sorts are plentiful, including
sheep, flour, barley, fruit, forage, water and firewood. The town contains
11 masjids and 4 maktabkhdnehs or schools.
Ardakan belongs to the Governor of Ears, and the Governor of the town
is (1891) Haji Baba Khan. The town is a centre of routes. The hill behind
the village is celebrated for a soft earth used as hair-wash or soap, called
gilakan or gil-i-sarshui.
The district of Ardakan includes, besides Ardakan itself, the villages of
Birghan and Dalln. Another account says that the district is dvided into
5 mahallas or parishes. There are 3 small tribes of Ilidts belonging to the
district— the Khafri, Rais and Bakar who muster 60 to 70, 30 and 15 families
respectively, and speak a Lur dialect. Population estimated at 5,000.
ARDAL— Lat. 32° N. ; Long. 50° 46' E.; Elev. 6,350'.
A small village, on a plateau of the same name, in the Pusht-i-Kuh district
of the Bakhtiari country. It is the 5th stage from Isfahan (92 miles)
on the Bakhtiari caravan road, by the alternative tract through the Tang-
i-Darkash Warkash. The village has a population of 400 in its fullest
season, which is much reduced in the winter months, when the snow lies
deeply on the plateau. Supplies are very limited at all seasons, as is also
the water-supply. The kaleh of Ghulam Husain Khan, the Shahab-us-
Saltaneh and Ilbegi of the Bakhtiari, is an imposing building adjoining
the village. A suite of rooms in the kaleh is designed and furnished in the
European style.— (Arbuthnot, 1905.)
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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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