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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎400v] (805/1278)

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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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394
HAJ—HAJ
HAJlABAD (1 )—Lat. 30° 30" N.; Long. 52° 57' E. ; Elev, 5,550'.
A large village in the province of Ears 50 miles north-east bf Shiraz, just
off the post-road to Isfahan. It is situated at the western extremity of
the plain of Kafrak, under the cliff wall of the Husain Kuh, on which are
formed the combined Achaemenian and Sassanian bas-reliefs, known as the
Naqsh-i-Rustam. It has many gardens and a good deal of cultivation.
Poputation 1,200 {vide Persepolis).— {Morier—MacGregor — Arbuthnot, 1905.)
HAJllBAD (2)— Lat. 32° 20' N.; Long. 48° 25' (approx.) ; Elev.
A village in Northern 'Arabistan, 9 miles south of Dizful, on the east side
of the River Diz. It contains a small fort and 20 houses inhabited by
Kurds, Naisa. (A1 Kathir) Arabs and Dizfulis. The inhabitants number
a fighting strength of 50 with 3 rifles, and live by cultivation. There are
some gardens. Water is obtained from the river Diz by the Sharafabad
canal.— { Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
HAJlABAD (3)— Lat. 30° 30' N.; Long. 52° 31' E. ; Elev. 7,400'.
A village, a few miles from Asupas, Ears, in the direction of the Kuh-
i-Dina. Has excellent crops of dal, maize, gram, tobacco, etc., and a
lake full of fish.— {Pelly.)
HAJlABAD (4) — Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Kulvar district of Ears.— {Dobbs, 1903.)
HAJlABAD (5)— Lat. 29° 12' N.; Long. 54° 10' E. ; Elev.
A ruined village in Ears on the southern shore of Lake Nirlz, 9 miles
west of Niriz town.— {Stotherd, 1893.)
HAJlABAD (6)—Lat. 28° 21' 38" ; Long. 54° 29' N. ; Elev. 3,659'.
A village in the Darab district of Ears, 7| miles north of Yazdikhast.
It has a population of 300 to 400 inhabitants. There is extensive culti
vation of wheat here which is reaped in May. There are also considerable
plantations of date trees, and the grazing is good in the spring of the year.
Firewood is plentiful and the villagers own 200 cows, 500 sheep and 1,000
goats. Water is obtained from 16 wells sunk over 20 feet in a soil of sand
and gravel; but several of them are brackish. There are said to be no
less than 6 routes from here to Yazdikhast.—-( Vaughan, 1890.)
HAJlABAD (7)— Lat. 32° 39' N.; Long. 51° 16' E.; Elev.
A village with a large garden belonging to the Zil-us-Sultan, about 25
miles from Isfahan on the road to Burujird. The plain beyond is about 18
miles broad.— {Preece, 1893.)
HAJTABAD (8)— Lat. 28° 21' N.; Long. 55° 54' E.; Elev.
A large date grove in Kirman, situated at the junction of two water
courses, 92 miles from Saidabad, on the road to Bandar ’Abbas. Water is
always found in the stream, below the date grove.—{Galindo, November 1888.)
HAJl’ABD-UL-QASIM— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the DastI district of Ears, 10 miles south-south-west of Khur-
muj town, on the west side of the Khurmuj valley. It contains 50 houses.—
{Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905.)

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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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