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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎101v] (207/1278)

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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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96
BAH—BAH
BAHNRAVAN— Lat. 33° IT N. ; Long. 46° 14' E. ; Elev.
A plain in Luristan through which the road from Kutal’ Amareh on the
Tigris to Kirmanshah city passes, and about 86 miles north of the former
town. It is about 8 miles in legth from north to south and from 2 to 4
miles in breadth. It is surrounded on all sides by low hills, being separated
to the west from the Hashdana plain by a chain of low hills. The hills east
and west of it are impregnated with salt, and there is but little vegetation
on them. The plain itself, which is about 1,530 feet above the sea, is in
most places covered with scanty grass. The Gunjancham river flows down
it along its eastern border ; the plain is well watered by numerous streams
from that river about the neighbourhood of Amirabad {q.v.). It forms
the winter quarters of a portion of the Faili Lurs ; south of the plaim lies the
Tang-i-Gunjancham, the last pass in a southerly direction between Persian
and Turkish territory.— (Vaughan.)
BAHRAIN— Lat. 33° 31' N. ; Long. 49° 8' E.; Elev.
A village in Luristan consisting of a dilapidated mud fort at the junction
of the Ab-i-Burujird and the Kamand-Ab, in the Silakhur plain, with a
group of mud huts opposite on the right bank of the former stream. There
are a few trees in the village.— (Sawyer, 1890.)
BAHRAKAN—
A tribe of Hindian district (q.v.).
BAHRAM— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Laristan, 67 miles from Mughu Bay, on a road to Shiraz by
Lar, from which last it is 57 miles distant. The village is walled, and has
some date groves. Water is procured from we\\s.—(Petty.)
BAHRAMABAD (No. 1 )—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Shabankareh district of Fars, south-east of Deh Kuhneh-
It contains 30 houses inhabited by Shaikhs who are said to have immigrated
from Khisht. Besides wheat and barley, a quantity of tobacco is grown
here, some of which is exported to Bushire via Bandar Rig. The villagers
own 50 donkeys.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
Houses 30. Population 70. Rifles 10. Livestock 80. Water from i\
dbambdrs. Crops bardni.—(Sultan Muhammad, 1909.)
BAHRAMABAD (No. 2)— Lat. 30° 22'; Long. 66° 1' 1" ; Elev. 5,090'.—
(Schindler.)
A village in Kirman, about 75 miles west of the town of that name, on the
road to Yazd. It is the chief town of the district of Rafsinjan and the
residence of the Governor. The town has increased considerably in size in
recent years, and now consists of a well-built bazar, 3 or 4 caravanserais,
and about 5,000 inhabitants.
It is the centre of a considerable trade in cotton, most of which was former
ly exported to India, but since 1898 this trade has been largely diverted to
Russia, and consequently the Hindu inhabitants, who used to number about
15, have now left the district. Almonds, pistachios and asafoetida are
also exported, while the imports are sugar prints and pepper. The revenue
amounted to 6,500 tumdns in 1892. There is considerable cultivation

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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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