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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎93r] (190/1278)

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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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’Arab (Ka’b) settlements extend 1| miles along it.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer,
1908.)
BADAVxlR (river) —Elev. 5,770'.
A river m tbe Pish Kuh division of Luristan. It is crossed at about 60
miles south-east of Kirmanshah town, on the road to Ivhurramabad. At
this point the river, flowing west-north-west, is about 12 yards wide by 2
feet deep, with a swift smooth current, gravel bottom and shelving banks.
Near this point, the upper and lower roads from Harsin to Khurramabad
meet. The valley in the vicinity of the river are well watered, and in sum
mer occupied by numerous camps of Lurs with their flocks and herds. ■
(Burton, August 1897.)
BADBAR— Lat. 30° 20' N. ; Long. 53° 47' E. ; Elev.
A village in Ears on the road between Arsinjan and Manzinjun, half a mile
south-west of the latter ; it is almost hidden amongst trees and is every
where cultivated and planted with trees or laid out in gardens, producing
walnuts, almonds, sun-dried raisins, fruit of sinjid and pears. (Blackman.)
BADlNl (Kirman)—
A spot with a little cultivation belonging to Almmomad Tajiks, between
Khan-i-Surkh and Sa’adatabad, on the road from Shiraz to Kirman.—
{St. John.)
BADEH— Lat. 29° 38' N. ; Long. 52° 46' E. ; Elev.
A picturesque little village of Ears, 13 miles from Shiraz. (Thompson.)
BADINI— Lat. 27° 37' N. ; Long. 54° 5' E. ; Elev. 2,050'.
Two serais both in excellent repair, one being of large size, 10 stages from
Bandar ’Abbas on the road to Lar. Water from 4 birkehs. Badini is
situated on a flat alluvial plain some 12 miles long and, at this point, 3 miles
broad, covered (in March 1907) with good short grass and scrub. Nomads
are frequently to be seen in this plain, as the good grazing is suited to their
flocks.— {Wilson and Cruikshank, 1907.)
BADINJAN— Lat. 28° 48' N. ; Long. 53° 4' E. ; Elev.
A village of Ears, situated in a well-watered oasis in a valley east of Firu-
zabad.— {Stolze.)
BAD-I-SHAH— Lat. 30° 20' N. ; Long. 52° 38' E. ; Elev.
A small village on the Zindeh Rud, on the right bank near Imamzadeh-
Isma ’ll. The valley is well cultivated in places and 2 miles broad ; sail-*
clay.—(M, 1884.)
BADRAl—
A river of Khuzistan, which rises in the Kabir Kuh, and runs through the
plain of Kugitun, Cham, and passing the towns of Badrah, probably the
same as Ganjam Cham and Sasain, unites with the Changular. In summer
and autumn it contains a small body of water. In winter, hov/ever it is a
considerable stream, and in December there is some difficult} - in crossing
it at the village of Badral.— {Layard.)
BADRAl (Tribe) —
Name of a tribe in Luristan {g.v.).

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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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