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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎392v] (789/1278)

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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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386'
GUV—HAB
the Dlrakwand Lurs who plundered it about 1902. In 1903 the Bakhtiaris
retaliated by a raid on Qir Ab, in which they succeeded in killing and cap
turing a number of the Kalawand Dirakwands.
Layard says that there is a road from here to Isfahan and another to
Shushtar. Several canals are led off from the Karun here, and irrigate the
entire surrounding plain. Gutwand is also known as Gutwand Diz-Mali-
Kan. The town is said to contain 1,000 households of Haft Lang Bakhtiaris.
The houses are of stone and mud with brick roofs and there are two public
baths and 12 mosques. The place is divided into 2 wards, Saraki and Mal-
Bala, each under a separate Rais. About 1,500 rifles are owned here.
Wheat and barley are cultivated without irrigation, and water is said to be
from the river only. Rafts are maintained on the Karun.— {Layard —
Schindler—Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
GUYEH— Lat. Long. Elev. 6,400'.
A village and a valley in the Muguvl Bakhtiari country, crossed at the 12th
mile on the track between Masir and Kaleh Huma. The Tang-i-Guveh
is impassable for mules, but a footpath exists. The tavg and valley about
here are thickly wooded with oaks and other trees.—(*Satc?/er, 1890.)
GtJYUM or JUYUM— Lat. 29° 48' N. ; Long. 52° 26' E. ; Elev. 6,110'.
A village in Ears, some 21 miles north-north-west of Shiraz. The village
is large and square in shape, the sides measuring about 200 yards, and
enclosed by a high towered, mud wall. The inhabitants are said to be
Saiyids. There are large gardens of fruit and flowers both inside and outside
the town, and the villagers own large quantities of sheep and goats. The
village is surrounded by some miles of cultivation. The surrounding district
also °produces ample fuel. The qandt which supplies water to the town is
passed 1 mile from the town on the road to Shiraz. Water too is found
either running in the river or through fields and gardens. There are many
vineyards here, on which the tax is \ krdn for every vine stack bearing
grapes. The pul-i-diwdni is said to be 1,000 tumans, and the amount
actually realised to be 1,600. The village belongs to the Quvvan-ul-Mulk.
— {Jones — Durand — Baring — Hopkins, 1903.)
GUZINJAN (Ridge—Lat. Long. Elev. 2,780'.
A ridge of limestone rocks in the Shulistan district of Ears, crossed on
the road from Behbehan to Shiraz a few miles east of Basht. It forms
the chief obstacle on this road. The ascent from the west is easy, but
the descent of half a mile into the Chal-i-Mureh plain is steep, rough and
difficult. The view from the ridge is very fine,— {Jones — Wells — McGowan,
1895.)
GUZlR—
A place in the Lingeh district {q.v.).
H
HABA, KUH-I—
A range of hills in Laristan, running north-west and south-east parallel
to the Kuh-i-Zal-i-Mai, at a distance of about 35 miles from the coast.

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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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