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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎182r] (368/1278)

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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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BISHIVEH—
A plain in Kirmanshah, on the bank of the Holvan, river and between
the Dukkani-i-Daud range and the mountains of Zagros. It is plentifully
watered and well-cultivated, and terminates at the foot of the Taq-i-Gira.
It is inhabited by Lur tribes, is surrounded by hills on all sides and is very
stony.
This plain terminates on the Kirmanshah side at Pa-i-Taq.— (Plowden.)
BISHEH DARAZ— Lat. Long. Elev.
A stage on the Zurbatieh-Dizful road, in the Pusht-i-Kuh of Luristan,
situated about 55 miles from Zorbatiyah. Water and forage procurable, but
supplies in winter and spring obtainable only from Nomad Kurds. The
country is uninhabited from April to October, with the exception of a
permanent settlement of Lurs, at or near, Ibrahim Khata, to the south of
the road. {Burton, September 1897, from native information.)
BISHEH DARAZ—
A halting place in the south of Pusht-i-Kuh, about 19 miles north-west
of Deh Luran. No people, supplies or fuel. Water in small quantities
from a stream.— {Ranking, 1909.)
BISHEH, GIRD-I—
A small stream in the south of Pusht-i-Kuh, with reeds on either bank.—
{Ranking, 1909.)
BISHNEH— Lat. 29° 24' N. ; Long. 54° 51' E. ; Elev. 5,730'.
A village in Ears, 61 miles on the road from Niriz to Kirman. It is a
small mud village with a fortified mud house standing up in its midst.
It is watered by three qandts and has some cultivation round it, with a
grove of almond trees. The revenue is 500 tumdns, but the people suffer
great losses owing to the depredations of wandering Arabs.— {Dobbs, 1903.)
BISTAGAN— Lat. 32° 26' N. ; Long. 51° 19' E. ; Elev. 5,500'.
A village in Upper Linjan on the left bank of the Zindeh Rud. It is the
first of a series of villages met with near the close of the 2 nd stage from
Isfahan (32 miles) on the Bakhtiari caravan route, and is often made the
manzil. It is a scattered village of some size, with a population of some
1,000. Most of the cultivation appertaining to it, which is chiefly rice, is
on the opposite side of the river, where the banks are lower than on the left
side. The river is fordable immediately opposite to the village, its breadth
being some 80 yards. The village, though outside Bakhtiari limits, be
longs in most part to the Khans of that tribe.— {Arbuthnot, 1905.) --
Ranking gives elevation of Bistagan as 5,800'.
Water plentiful from river ; supplies in large quantities ; fuel available,
not plentiful.— {Ranking, 1910).
BlSTAJAN— Lat. 32° 26' N.; Long. 51° 19' E.; Elev. 5,450'.
A village on the road from Isfahan to the Chehar Mahal, 70 houses, 300
inhabitants. No cultivation outside the valley of the Zindeh Rud, which
in April was unfordable and some 40 yards wide. 3,900 lbs. of wheat and
Pt. I. Q

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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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