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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎212v] (429/1278)

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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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In all there are about 300 houses on the island, and the total population
is about 1,500 souls. The people are Arabs of various tribee who arc Shaft
Sunnis. In summer the population is increased by immigrants from the
Persian coast. Some cultivation of wheat and barley is carried on, but the
♦ principal occupations are fishing and pearl-diving. There are two fairly
large sambuqs and about 85 smaller boats. The island is subject to the
Hamadi Shaikh of Mugam whose authority is represented by a Naib at
Laz. The people have about 40 modern rifles .—{ Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer
1908.)
BUSIN JAN— Lat. 30° IP N.; Long. 51° 43' E. ; Elev.
A village in Ears, 12 miles from Fehlian and 59 miles from Shiraz, on the
road between them. It is situated at the base of the Kaleh Safid. There are
some gardens here of fig and grape. Grain sheep and wood are abundant,
and water is procurable from a rivulet.— {Jones.)
BUSTANEH— Lat. 26° 29' 52" N. ; Long. 54° 35' 46" E.
Bustaneh w r as examined in 1914 from both land and sea points of view,
and the general conclusions arrived at were that it was a possible place for
a large commercial port.
General Description.— Bustaneh is a thriving village of from 50 to
100 houses, inhabited by the Maraziq tribe, who are principally employed
in fishing. The ground to the north of Bustaneh is low lying and shows
strong deposits depicting dampness. To the west there is a small area
of ground somewhat higher but shut in by hills further west. The soil
is sandy and covered with low scrub. To the north and east the country
appears fertile with large date plantations. It is undulating and rises
gradually to a range of low hills 1 | miles distant.
Climate. —The neighbourhood would appear to be hot and damp.
Resources. — Water. — There are four wells in Bustaneh, all more or less
bitter. Drinking water is brought from two birkehs or surface water
reservoirs, to the west, f and 5 miles distant respectively.
Fuel .—None available on the spot, can be procured from the mangrove
swamps west of Khamir.
Fodder .—?
Supplies in small quantities are available.
Good limestone for building is available in the hill to the west of Bustaneh,
and the foot-hills are strewn with small boulders of an indifferent sandstone.
The chief industry of Bustaneh is the manufacture of grindstones.
Harbour. —The anchorage is well protected from the shamal, which here
blow T s from the south-west and west-south-west, and though it is open to
the east, winds from this direction are infrequent. The approach is easy.
The low water line dries out about 4 to 6 cables from the high water line,
leaving a strip of a concrete formed of dead coral and shells covered
wdth stiff sand and mud 2 to 8 feet thick. Two miles east of Bustaneh the
low water line is steep to the 3 and 5 fathom line, being only 180 to 200
yards distant from it. This would allow of piers being built alongside
which ships could berth, though the pier would necessarily be long and
some dredging would also be required. The holding ground is good.

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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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