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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎140v] (285/1278)

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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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The rails have been laid too close, head to head, and with the expandon
caused by heat in summer they sometimes buckle and become displaced.
The line exhibits minor irregularities in level, straightness, and gauge.
The general alignment is however level and no brakes are necessary.
Rolling stock, etc .—There are at present two old and two new trolleys,
four more new trolleys are being put together at Muharmmareh.
The trolleys have a carrying surface of about 6' 8" X 4' 9".
Load, | to 2 tons per trolley in good weather. Each trolley drawn by
one horse. At present there are six horses.
Extension .—It is not stated in what direction extension would be con
templated. The ground is generally well adapted.
No difficulties would be met with up the river, till the Gargar is reached
at Band-i-Qir.
Just beyond Ahwaz there is some elevated ground which would require
negotiation, or the application of brakes which the present trolleys do not
have.
The line could be carried to Bamuz by the route via Raghaiweh followed
by the oil carts, though the sand hills between Linhairi and Raghaiweh
would probably give trouble.
Down the river there is no obstacle, as far as is known, until the Mand,
10 miles above Muhammareh is reached.
In the lower section of this route continuous embankment would probably
be necessary .—{ Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908— Lorimer.)
BANDAR RIG— Lat. 29° 24' N.; Long. 50° 41' E.; Ele\%
The port and chief town of the Haiat Daud district of Ears ; it is situated
on the coast 30 miles north-north-west of Bushire town and 156 miles due
east of Kuwait.
Bandar Rig stands upon a low , sandy coast which runs north and south;
there is a creek at the town fronted by two sandy islets or banks, inside
which native boats be aground at low water. On the north and south the
town is adjoined by cultivated lands belonging to adjacent villages, and
on the east at about 2 miles distance is a chain of low sand-hills, which
screen it from the view of the traveller as he approaches on that side. The
only defensive work is the loopholed, semi-fortified residence of the Khan
built of stones and mud. Bandar Rig possesses a few date trees, and there
are two unimportant shrines.
The general history of Bandar Rig is included in that of the Haiat Daud
district. Here in 1754 the English East Company, whose trade in the Gulf
had been seriously crippled by the troubles arising out of the Afghan in
vasions, endeavoured to found a factory An East India Company trading post. and sent out an agent. Owing to
Dutch opposition and intrigues, the attempt was a failure, and a few years
later Bushire was selected as a substitute. A little later in the same cen
tury a famous Gulf pirate, an exceptional ruffian, of the name of Mir
Mahanna, had his stronghold here. His fort was taken and razed to the
ground by British troops.
Bandar Rig is said to be very ancient. ,

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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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