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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎430v] (865/1278)

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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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424
IJ—ILI
ILA: ,J
IJ or TRIJ —Lat. 28° 58' N. ; Long. 54° 12' E.; Elev.
A place in Ears, situated in a valley 12 miles south-west of Nlriz. It is
45 miles from Darab on the road to Shiraz via the Niriz Lake.— (Ouseley —
Abbott — Lovett.)
IJASA, vide MALAMIR.
IKHTlARABAD— Lat. Long.
A village in Kirman, 10 miles from the city of that name on the road to
Khinaman.— [Sykes, 1900.)
IKIDAR— Lat. 31° 57' N. ; Long. 54° 19' E. ; Elev.
A village in Yazd. about 14 miles west of Yazd. There is said to be a lead
mine near it ; it is a large place situated in the midst of gardens.—
(Christie.)
’IKRISH, or ’ ARUS—
A considerable tribe of perhaps 5,000 souls inhabiting the Hawizeh district
in Southern ’Arabistan. The Bait Ghalib and Bait Husain sections, to
which belong the ruling clans, are collected at Suwainueh, the rest are
scattered. The Tkrish live in tents, owning large numbers of cattle, and
sheep and some donkeys, and cultivating wheat and barley. Their divi
sions are :—
Division.
Sub-division.
Habitat.
- / M2 l’i: /la.
Fighting
strength.
Remarks.
Bait Ghalib
Suwain i ;h, 7 miles
north of Hav i :eh
town.
150
To this belongs
one ruling
family.
Bait Husain
...
Suwain ieh, 7 miles
north of Hawizeh
town.
150
To this belongs
one ruling
family.
Daghaghleh
o- • - -' ; ‘. :
A1 Bu Da-
wairij.
A few miles east of
Nahr Hashim, and
at Zuwijh on the
Karun.
250
Nil
Ditto
Subheh
Ditto
100
Nil
Ditto
A1 Bu Barkeh
Ditto
300
Nil.
Ditto
Sa’idat
Ditto
150
Nil.
Ditto
Bait Tuqan
Ditto
300
Nil.
( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
Mats—
The name given in Persia to designate those tribes who lead a wander
ing life, and who subsist by their flocks.

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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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