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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎276v] (557/1278)

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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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270
DAS—DAS
krans per gdii, but the Khan of Borazjun, at least, endeavours to extort
more. The total revenue of the Dashtistan district is said to amount to
10,000 krdns, Rs. 2,500.
There is no sort of criminal justice, and civil justice is synonymous with
the good offices of Mullas in arranging private disputes. Quarrels between
villages are either adjusted by Saiyids or else fought out to the bitter end
The antecedents and position of the Khans of Borazjun and Chah Kutah
are described in the articles on those places, and further information regard
ing the style of Government and local politics will be found in the article
on Bushire vide this Gazetteer. (Felly—Winchester—Curzon, 1889—
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
DASHT-I-TANGKHU—
(“ Plain ill-temper ”) : a swampy plain on the coast of Laristan, north
east of Charak.
DASHU— Lat. 28° 42' N. ; Long. 51° 25' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Dashti district of Fare on the plain immediately north
of Khurmuj town. It contains 20 houses of Hajian and Ruuseh.— (Persian
Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
DASIR— Lat. 28° 39' N. ; Long. 53° 37' E. ; Elev.
A village in south-east Ears passed on the road from Jehrum to Fasa.
The village lies some 8 | miles north-east from Jehrum and about 3 miles
to the north of the load.—(Stotherd, 1893.)
DASTEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Bakhtiari mountains, above the valley of the Upper
Itarun, on its left bank. —(Sawyer, 1890.)
DASTGIRD (1) —Lat. 32° 11' N. ; Long. 51° 7' E. ; Elev. 7,000'.
A village on the Chehar Mahal plateau of the Bakhtiari country, about
10 miles south-east of Qehfarukh and about 8 miles north-east of Shamsabad.
It is situated at the foot of the southern slopes of the Rangrizi mountains.
It has a population of some 700, with fair supplies, -including some 200
mules, and abundance of water. The Kaleh and garden of the late (1905)
Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Mafakar is situated to the north of the village—some of the rooms
inside of which have been designed, and are furnished, in European style.
This is also called Dastgird Imamzadeh.— (Burton, 1903 — Morton, 1905 —
Arhuthnot.)
DASTGIRD (2)— Lat. 35° 55' N. ; Long. 51° E. ; Elev.
A village in the outskirts of the Chehar Mahal, situated in a hollow 3
miles south-east of Chigha-Khur, from which it is separated by swampy
ground. It consists of 200 houses—Lang Bakhtiari—occupied throughout
the year. ^ It stands on the end of a cultivated slope 150 feet above the
Chigha-Khur marsh. Around are a few fruit-trees. The ground to the
souui-east and south is for some distance entirely under wheat, which is
reaped in the middle of August. To the south is a valley running up into
the spurs of the Kallar mountains. Here there are clumps of apricot,
willow, and walnut-trees. From this valley and from Avargun, 2 miles
south-east, run copious streams which unite and flow to the Chigha-Khur

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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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