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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎280v] (565/1278)

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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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274
DEH—DEH
DEH ALLAH— Lat. Long. Elev. 5^40
Is situated J mile from the right bank of the Khaman river in the plain of
Alishtar, miles to the north of the Khurramabad road. The village
stands on a conical mounted rising out of the plain, which is here damp and
swampy 5 in summer the people pitch tents below on the riverside. The
grazing is good, and there are many Jcutzz streams and much cultivation
ground ; large flocks and herds are owned. The people are Lurs, and
number 35 houses.— (B.)
DEHANEH-I-NIRlZ— Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass on the road from Kirman to Shiraz, close to Niriz, Ears. (Lovett.)
DEH’ARABl— Lat. 30° 17' N.; Long. 50° 17' E.; Elev.
A village in the Liravi district of Ears, 6 miles north-east of Bandar
Dilam. It contains 30 bouses inhabited by Afshars. Crops are wheat and
barley .—( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
DEH ARMANI— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Luristan, 18 miles from Khurramabad, on the road to Isfahan,
from which it is 130 miles distant.
A few supplies are procurable, as is water from springs. The village
is inhabited by Armenians.— (Jones.)
DEH BALA (1)— Lat. 33° 43' N.; Long. 46° 27' E. ; Elev. 4,965'.
A village in the Pusht-i-Kuh district of Luristan, 96 miles south-west of
Kirmanshah town, on the road to Kut-ul-’Amareh. It is the summer
residence of the Vali of Pusht-i-Kuh, whose houses, a fine brick building, built
with corner bastions and loop-holed walls, is the only permanent residence
in the valley. The Lurs, retainers of the chief, camp in booths of branches
scattered about the plain ; some 2,500 of these booths were observed. Near
the house is a garden, 500 yards long by 250 broad, enclosed with a masonry
wail 4 feet thick and 15 feet high, with corner flanking towers. It is well-
laid out, with tanks and fountains down the centre, and rows of poplar and
willow trees. Vineyards, groves of peaches, apricots, and vegetables
grow on either side, with some fine walnut trees. At the north side stands
the Vail’s principal residence, a square, fortified building, built of brick
and stone, of 50 yards’ side. The outer walls are 30 feet high, 3 feet thick
at the base, and have a small, circular tower at each corner. In the centre
is a courtyard, with a tank. Several suites of rooms open on to this court.
Along the wall, on the flat roof, is a double tier of loopholes. The arrange
ment of these is peculiar ; they are simply slits, with no splay at all, the
upper tier cut at right angles to the wall, and meant for direct fire ; the
lower cut alternately, slanting in different directions, and meant tor oblique
fire. The interior of the house is well-furnished, and the water-supply,
from a large spring at the foot of the hill, particularly good. There is a
stable inside for 20 horses. The door of the house is in the south wall and
opens into the garden, with a second gateway in the outer wall, defended
overhead with a banquette and tier of loopholes. The house and garden
had been recently built when visited, and its situation as a stronghold for
a feudal chief, in this secluded valley, is well-chosen. The Daluva pass
is the only means of crossing the mountains to the north, and that is steep

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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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