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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [256v] (517/1278)
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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caused serious roits in Shiraz in 1893. The malidt of the town is 24,000
tumdns annually. Date-palms are taxed according to their bearing.—
(Kinneir—Malcolm — J ones — Abbott — Preece, 1884 — Vaughan, 1890—Sykes,
1893.)
DARAB KHAN!—
A clan of the Qashqal tribe of llidls in Ears, who occupy the tract lying
between Ghil-i-Kharzi, near Bandar ’Abbas, to Gaudimun and Naukhandan.
They number about 2,000 families and keep herds of mules, and it is esti
mated that they breed about 200 annually.— (Ross.)
DARADISHEH—
A section of the Ka’b tribe (q.v.).
DEH RAHI.
DARAHl— Lat. Long. Elev.
A small plain in Laristan, about 1 mile long by f mile broad, surrounded
by low hills.
It is crossed by the Lar-Bandar ’Abbas road, about 8 miles south-east of
Hormuz.— (Butcher, 1888.)
DARAK— Lat. 27° 57' N.; Long. 52° 2' E,; Elev.
A village in the Dashti district of Ears, 6 miles north of Bardistan on the
east side of the Bardistan valley. It contains 20 houses of Arabs from
Bustaneh, Sunnis, and speaking both Persian and Arabic.— (
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
DARAKAHED LURISTAN—
40 farsaJchs from Isfahan. Petroleum reported here.— (Allahverdianlz,
1891.)
DARA KUH —Lat. Long. Elev.
A hill in Ears, 4| miles from Jam on the road to Lar. The pass over the
hills is very bad, being simply a broken, irregular stair of limestone ; though
in horizontal distance only about f mile it takes nearly 1 hour for
baggage animals to surmount.— (Butcher, 1888-)
DARAN (1) — Lat. 32° 59' N. ; Long. 50° 25' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Faraidan district of the Isfahan province, and principal
place of the Daran sub-district. It has 300 houses. The Governor of
Faridan generally resides there.— (Schindler.)
DARAN (2)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A sub-district of Faridan in the Isfahan province. It has 34 villages, and
pays yearly taxes amounting to 16,621 krdns =Rs. 6,648. Its principal
place is Daran (q.v.). — (Schindler.)
DARANU— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Kirman near Mashiz (q.v.).
DARASHK— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Yazd, 8 miles south-west from the town of that name on the
road to Shiraz via Abrquh.— (MacGregor.)
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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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