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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [264r] (532/1278)
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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DARN-I-CHANGUR—
A pass in Kirman, 28 miles west of Bahramabad, on the road to Shiraz.—
(Preece, 1892.)
DARREH (AB-I-), vide LABAHRI (SHUR-I-).
DARREH DUN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Haiat Daud district of Ears, 12 miles from Rig, contain
ing 30 houses inhabited by Lurs. Wheat and barley are grown, and the
villagers own 10 horses and 30 donkeys.—(PemVm Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
DARREH BAGH— Lat. 28° 26' N. ; Long. 56° 17' E. ; Elev. 2,860'.
A hamlet in Kirman, about 90 miles south-west of Baft and 3 miles
south of Sultanabad on the road to Furg. It forms a convenient stage
on the route between Bandar" Abbas and Saidabad, being 163 miles distant
by road from the former, and about 100 miles from the latter. It consists
of a few hovels, with a date-grove and a small amount of cotton cultivation.
Supplies are procurable in moderation and the water from wells is good
and plentiful.— (Gill 1880.)
DARREH BID (WillcAv-velley)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the Qahiz plateau in the Tehran-Karvan district, 24| miles
from Burujird.— (Schindler.)
DARRAH KHAZINAH. On the Ab-i-Gargar 31 miles from Wais. Oil
Company’s telephone station and depot. The east bank of the river here
is a ridge of nullahs mostly with precipitous sides. Ample space for a
camping-ground east and west of the depot. (Wood, 1916).
DARREH-I-CHEHAR—
A defile in the Kabir Kuh through which one of the roads from Dizful to
Khurramabad descends the northern slopes of .that range to the Saimarreh
valley.— (French Mission, 1907.)
DARREH-I-DARAZ— Lat. Long. Elev. 4,450'.
Name of pass in Luristan between Abistaneh valley and the Deh-i-Pir
plain. (Schindler).
DARREH-I-HANASHK— Lat. Long. Elev.
A defile in Pars on the Shiraz-Yazd road, 6 miles from Gushti. There
is a good camping-ground, with a stream of nice water.— (MacGregor.)
DARREH-I-KHAZINEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place in Luristan on the Dizful-Khurramabad road.
DARREH-I-LARRAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A ravine in Luristan, 91 miles south-south-east of Deh Bala on the road to
Dizful. It is on the easternmost of two alternative tracks which diverge
south of Niza ’All. It contains water, brackish but drinkable, and crops
in spring. In the autumn and winter there are Kurd camps.— (Burton
September 1897.)
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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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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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