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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [284v] (573/1278)
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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DEH—DEil
A district forming part of the territory of the Vali of Pusht-i-Kuh. It con
sists roughly of the country to the north-east of the Rakeba range, drained
by the Kurtu river and its affluent ravines. Its surface is much broken
by irregular knolls and seamed by deep ravines, but includes many level
plateaux and slopes, which are cultivated and bear large crops of wheat
and barley in the spring and early summer. Grass is abundant throughout
the year. There are many camps of nomad Lurs, and large flocks and herds
in spring and summer. Trees exist only on the mountain slopes bounding
the district to the north-east and south-west.— (B.)
DEH BISHEH (2)— Lat. 30° 19' N. ; Long. 50° 19' E: ; Elev.
A village in the Zaidan plain in the district of the same name of Behbehan
province, on the right bank of the Hindian river. It is situated | mile
north-east of Cham Zaidan and contains 70 houses inhabited mostly by
the Agha Jari tribe. There is some cultivation, and the villagers own
about 100 donkeys, 100 cattle, and 500 sheep.— {Foreign Department
Gazetteer, 1905.)
DEH CHAH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A small village of Ears, in the Hasanabad valley, some 10 miles to the
north-east of Niriz.— {Dobbs, 1903.)
DEH CHASHT— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the Marvdasht plain in Ears. Its provisions chiefly consist
of rice.— {MacGregor.)
DEH CHINAR— Lat. 30° 50' N. ; Long. 56° 33' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Zarand district of Kirman, 52 miles north-west of Kirman.
DEHDARAN HAJl, ’ABDUL’ALl— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Shabankareh district of Ears, 3 miles south-west of Deh
Kuhneh. It eontairfs 80 houses inhabited by Persians of unknown orign,
who cultivate wheat, barley, and dates, and own 100 donkeys, besides a few
horses.— {
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
DEHDARAN HAJl FARUMEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Shabankareh district of Ears, 3| miles south-west of Deh
Kuhneh. It contains 100 houses inhabited by Persians of unknown origin,
who own about 15 horses and 200 donkeys. Cereals are grown here.—
{
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
DEH DARVISH (Kirman)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A little village on the road from Saiyidabad to Kirman, about 50 miles
from the latter.— {Gill.)
DEH DASHT— Lat. 30° 45' N. ; Long. 50° 50" E. ; Elev. 2,850'.
A village in Khuzistan, 26 miles north-east of Behbehan, situated in a rich
valley on the road from Isfahan to Bandar Dilam. {Vide Deh-i-Dasht.)
DEH DASHTAK or KHAIRABAD— Lat. 28° 51' N. ; Long. 53° 42' E.
A village in the Fasa plain of Ears, 2J miles from Fasa town on the road to
Jehrum. It is situated on the right bank of a deep nald with shelving banks.
Most of the water of the ndld is drawn off for irrigation.— {Stotkerd, 1893.)
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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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