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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎382v] (769/1278)

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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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376
GUD—GUH
GUDAR-I-SAFlD KHWAJEH JAM ALT— Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass, H miles west of the Gudar-i-Safid pass, running between the spur
of the Safid Kuh and the Kuh-i-Khan, winding m and out, up and down ;
above and on each side are precipitous cliffs of towering hills. {Preece, 189Z.)
GUDAR-I-SURAKH— Lat. Long. Elev. 10,000'.
A pass in Kirman, between the stages of Pam and Gaud-i-Ahmar, on
the road from the former place to Bahramabad.— (Aewcomew, 190o.)
GUDAR-I-TABAR-KHANEH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass in Ears between Gul Zardeh and Dusran, on the south side of the
Kuh-i-Tasak. This pass is impracticable for laden animals and presents
considerable difficulty to unladen ones. The ascent and descent are very
steep and the first 100 feet of the descent on the Dusiran side is ver 7 b ad.
Mules have to be unloaded to pass through and get down, but the
obstruction could soon be removed by the use of dynamite. An advance
from the south on this pass would be quite impracticable m the fa e
even a few men, as there is a regular wall of rock running for miles and
the only road practicable is a gap of only a few feet m breadt .
(Vaughan, 1891.)
GUD AR-I-TAVAR— Lat. Long. Elev. about 3,800 .
A fairly easy pass in the north-east of Laristan, situated about 79 miles
from Bandar ’Abbas on the road to Yazd, and a few miles south of the
Tang-i-Zagh. — (Galindo, November 1888.)
GUDARZI— , • ,1 +
Tribe, near Burujird, own Wannai, among other villages, friendly to
British. In September 1913 assisted in defence of Buruprd against Burs.
—(Wilson, 1913.)
GUDRAN— Lat. 31° 24' N. ; Long. 55° 50' E. ;
A village on the northern border of Yazd, 29 miles from Eafq, towards
Kirman. " Its houses are built amidst huge masses of fallen rock, surrounded
by pomegranate, fig, willow and other trees The village ^ supplied
with water, in clear, gushing rills. There is a little 'af t i
It has a local reputation for having a fine climate. (Abbott btack.)
GUGIRD— Lat. Long. Elev. _
A plain in Khuzistan, lying at the south foot of the Kuh-i-Asman hills,
about 45 miles east of Shushtar. The soil of this plain is clayey and pro-
duces wheat, which is sown in December and reaped m March before the
vernal equinox. When the rains are abundant, the harvest yields from
10 to 15 for one. It is inhabited by a division of the Jamki tribe.—
(DeBode.)
GtJHEHDAR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Zaidan district of Khuzistant— (Layard.)
GUHREK— Elev. 120'.
A small village of 40 families on the road from Bushire to Khurmui at
4 farsakhs from Bu&lme.—(Winklehmer, 1891.)

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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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