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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [444v] (893/1278)
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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438 IRE—ISF
IRENE— Lat. 33° 20' N. ; Long. 49° 20' E. ; Elev. 8,050'.
A small lake situated on the north-west slope of the Bakhtiari range of
the Shuturan Kuh in an inhabited valley. It was discovered by Major
Sawyer, and so named by him.— (Sawyer, 1890.)
IRNAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Pusht-i-Kuh district, Yazd, distinguished by the quaint
rocky hill which rises above it, some 800 feet high, scarped all round, whose
summit is accessible only by one difficult path. The hill is quite isolated,
and there are some small springs at its base.— (Stack.)
’ISAVAND— Lat. 29° 57' N. ; Long. 51° 7' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Dashtistan district of Ears, 10 miles south-west of Boraz-
jun. It contains 80 houses, l of Bani Hajir Arabs, sa d to be of Hindian
origin, and who speak Persian and Arabic, and f of Borazjunis. Wheat,
barley, tobacco, and a few dates are grown, and the villagers own 70
donkeys and 170 rifles. Camel-grazing plentiful ; 100 mules would find
fodder. Water is procured from wells, and is said to be brackish.—
(Felly—Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908 — Gibbon, 1908.)
’ISAVANDl— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of Ears, 30 miles from Bushire, and situated J a mile to the east
of the road to Shiraz via Kazarun.— (Clark—Taylor — Hardy — Felly —
Routes in Persia, Section 1, Ed. 1898.)
ISFADRAN— Lat. 31° 41' N. ; Long. 52° 2' E.; Elev.
A town 70 miles south of Isfahan on the road to Persepolis, from which
it is 120 miles. It lies 2>\ miles from I injan and is said to contain 600
families. It is embedded in orchards and gardens, and the main portion of
the village lies east of the road. Two roads run from Isfadran to Qumisheh,
(1) via Tarkan and Talqan ; (2) via Sular and Mahiar. The place in
also called Isf rjan.—( Webb — -Grahame, 1908.)
ISFAHAN —Lat. Long. Elev.
A village, some miles north-west of Abrquh in Yazd.— (MacGregor.)
ISFAHANAK (LITTLE ISFAHAN)— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Isfahan district, 6 miles south of Isfahan. There are
many villages, gardens, and cotton plantations round it, and in the vicinity
in a ruined castle of the Gabrs. It is situated just at the foot of a range of
hills which screen the view of Isfahan.— (Ouseley — Morier.)
ISFANDlAR— Lat. 29° 50' N. ; 50° 35' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Liravi district of Ears, administratively dependent on Ban
dar Dilam. It is situated 27 miles south-east of Bandar Dilam, and contains
40 houses inhabited by mixed Lurs and Arabs. Wheat and barley are
grown.— (
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
ISFANDlARAN—
A large village, 47 miles north-east of Qumisheh, situated on the western
edge of the Gavkhaneh, which is also called the Kavii •i-Isfandian.— (Sykes.)
ISFARJAN, vide ISFADRAN.
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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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