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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎392r] (788/1278)

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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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GUR—GUT
385
GURREH— Lat.
LonC.
Elev.
A \illage on the road Bushire to Ahwaz, 128 miles distant from the
former.— (Bailward, 1905.)
A plateau in the Dashti district of Ears, 10| miles south-east of Baghan, on
the north side of the defile Tang-i-Ishkami-i-Kalat. On the plateau there is
room for at least 1,000 men to camp. The hill slopes up at an angle of 20°
from the road. There are no supplies; water is procurable, but in what
quantity is uncertain ; fuel is very scanty but the grazing is fair.—(RuteAer,
1888.)
GURUKH Lat. Long, Elev.
A village in the district of Yazd, situated in the Deh Bala valley (o.iA—
(Vaughan, 1890.)
GURZ GURZI—
A tribe of the Bala Girfeh group of Luristan (q.v.).
GUSDANEH— Lat. Long. Elev. 2,615'.
A plain in the Pusht-i-Kuh district of Luristan, crossed at about 18 miles
from Deh Bala, on the road to Kut-ul-’Amareh. It is the usual camping-
ground of the Faili Lurs in the winter and spring, when grass is abundant,
but in summer it is burnt up and deserted. The water in the streams is
mostly brackish. (Maunsell, 1888.)
GtJSHEH (1)— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Shir Kuh district, about 25 miles south of Yazd snd
north of the Shir Kuh range. The village straggles between a river and
cliffs, whose steep, black sides afford a striking contrast to the hiffh tress
below.— (Stack.)
GUSHEH (2)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Masha valley in the M’iii Kuh district of Yazd. Gusheh
starts where Masha village ends. It contains 300 houses. For further
information of this valley vide Masha.— (Vaughan, 1890.)
GUSHNAKDH— (Gushagan, ) see Route No. 42.
A village 18 miles from Shiraz.
GC T SHTl— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Fars, about 9 miles from Deh Bid, on the western road from
Shiraz to Yazd.—(MocGVegw.)
GUSKUN—
A village in the province of Fars, 155 miles south-east of Isfahan, close to
the road from Isfahan to Shiraz. It is surrounded by cultivat on. Rations
for half a battalion available.— (Howe, 1906.)
GUT WAND— Lat. 32° 14' N.; Long. 48° 50' E. ; Elev.
A village in Northern ’Arabistan, on the right bank of the river Karun,
about 12 miles north by west of Shuhtar, and 5 miles from the village of Ab-
i-Bid. With the surrounding country, on both sides of the Karun, it is owned
by the Bakhtiari Khans. Gut wand marks the limit of the depredations of
GfjRU KALAT —Lat.
Long.
Elev. 1,185'.
2 f 2

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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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