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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎83v] (171/1278)

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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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near by in summer on the adjacent hills. The pass is a narrow neck, the
spur that it crosses runs north-west to south-east; to the former direction the
slopes are open and accessible ; to the latter, rocky and precipitous. The
approach from the north is by a stony, narrow ravine, which is only practic
able for laden mules, between steep earth spurs on either hand.— {Burton.)
ASADABAD— Lat. 30° 52' N.; Long. 55° 20' E.
A village in the Anar district \q.v.) of Kirman.
ASAD DAUD—
A village near the river Shatait {q.v.).
ASAKIREH—
A sub-division of the Ka’b tribe {q.v.).
’ASALU— Lat. 27° 28' N. ; Long. 52° 39' E.
One of the Shlbkuh ports of the Persian coast; it is situated 22 miles south
east of Tahiri and 4 miles north of Naband at the north entrance point
of Naband bay. The village, which consists of about 200 stone houses,
occupies more than | mile of the coast and has a large date grove behind it.
The ship anchorage at Asalu is exposed to the Shamdl, but small boats find
shelter by running over a reef, which fronts the place, and anchoring inside.
The inhabitants, whose houses number about 200, are Sunnis and be’ong to
the Harami or A1 Haram tribe ; they profess to be a division of the Gha-
zieh (?) ’Arab tribe who immigrated from the neighbourhood of Makkah,
five or six generations ago. They own four sambuqs and a score of fishing
baqdrehs in which they go pearl-diving on the banks near Naband ; they also
fish, especially on a ground in Naband bay off Bid Khun village, and culti
vate grain and dates. ’Asalu was the residence of Shaikh Ahmad-bin-Saif,
the A1 Haram Shaikh, who till his death in 1906 ruled over the villages of
Bid Khun, Halat Naband, Naband Tibin and ’Amarieh and Barku, in
subordination to the Khan of Dashti by whom they were held in farm ; in
1906, however, the group was brought directly under the authority of the
Governor of the Gulf Ports, and the connection of the Dashti Khan with
them was terminated. The Persian Imperial Customs have now a post here.
—{ Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
ASGHARAN, see ASKERUN—
’ASHIRAT—
A term applied to the wild tribes on the Turko-Persian frontier who do
not pay any tribute.— {Stuart.)
ASHG1RD or ASHJIRD— Lat. 33° 0' 30" ; Long. 50° 27'.
Is the second village in the Faridan district, on the road from Isfahan to
Burujird, and 3 miles north-east of Daran. There is fine pasturage in
the neighbourhood, but the pasture-lands are covered with snow in the
winter, and cattle have to be kept indoors.— {Schindler.)
ASHIAN—
One of the five parishes of the Lijan buluk of Isfahan. It is situated on
both sides of the Zindeh Rud and contains the following villages : Riz,
Cham Girdan, Bisinjan, Nukehran or Nukran, Cham Asman. Naidjan,

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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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