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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [386v] (777/1278)
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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380
GUM—GUN
GUMAR— Lat. 32° 11' N. ; Long. 48° 39' E. ; Elev.
A village in Northern ’Arabistan, 8 miles south of Kahunak, on the left
bank of the Kahunak stream which is here a wide, shingly bed, 300 yards
across, with pools of good water at intervals. It is formed by four hamlets
of some 30 houses, namely, Kaleh Riz, Kaleh Murad, Saiyid Ramzan and
Ka Azran Nur. Of these the first two are inhabited by Dizfulis, the
third by Saiyids and a few Arabs, and the fourth by Lurs and Shushtaris.
There are no trees near. Flocks of about 3,000 sheep were near the village
in November 1903.— {Burton, 1903—Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1908.)
GUMARA, vide GUMAR.
GUMARUN— Lat. 29° 40' N. ; Long. 50° 45' E.; Elev.
A village in the Haiat Daud district of Ears 12 miles east-north-east of
Ganaveh. It contains 80 houses of Shi’ah Saiyids who are well known
throughout the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
as Kamaranis. Wheat, barley and dates
are grown, and the villagers own some 20 horses, 100 donkeys and 700 sheep
and goats. The headmen is said to be a learned Saiyid, and he farms the
village from the Khan of Haiat Daud. The Kamarunis are said to be
charitable but of rather a fanatical disposition.— {
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer,
1908.)
GUMBAD-I-SABZ— Lat. Long. Elev.
A small village of 20 huts, 7 miles west of the Shiraz-Isfahan road,
occupied by road guards.— {Wilson, 1907.)
GUMBAZ— Lat. 28° 55' N. ; Long. 52° V E. ; Elev.
A small village in Fars, 5 miles from Farrashband on the road to
Isfarjan and Kazarun. It consists of mud houses and kappahs, or long,
cylindrical-looking huts, built of branches, matting and reeds.— {Abbott
— St. John.)
GUMBUZAN (Village), vide JARRAHl (River).
GUMBAZ-I-’ALI—
Local name of a remarkable looking masjid, with two tall minarets,
close to Abrquh in Fars, said to be visible 35 miles off on a clear day.—
{MacGregor.)
GUMUN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A seemingly prosperous village at the western extremity of a small
plain, 12 miles from Tashk on the road to Shiraz, whence a rough road leads
through the hills to Gardeneh-i-Chah ’Abbas at 16 miles.— {Preece, 1892.)
GUNDASHLU— Lat. Long. Elev.
A range of hills running north-west and south-east north of the Marv-
dasht in Fars. In this range tradition says was the quarry that supplied
the stones to the builders of Persepolis. It is seen from Shaikhabad across
the Baiza plain.— {Durand.)
GUNDUZ-LU—
A branch of the Turkish tribe of Afshar to whom a large part of ’Arabis
tan once belonged. The Gunduz-Lu was the only division of the Afshar tribe
who returned to their own country, after being transported thence to the
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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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