'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [450r] (904/1278)
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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JABAL SlRl— Lat. 27° 48' ; Long. 52° 13' 55" ; Elev. 4,660'.
A basin-shaped peak on the summit of a range of mountains in Lar, 9|
miles east by south of Kangan, 5 miles from the nearest part of the coast ;
it is elevated 4,660 feet, and is visible 70 miles.— (Constable—Stiffe—Persian
Gulf Pilot.)
JABAL TARANJEH— Lat. (Hummock on summit) 26° 56' 55" ; Long. 54°
7' 5" ; Elev. 5,150'.
An excellent landmark on the coast of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, 16 miles north
west by north from Charak town. It is a round-topped or flattened dome
shaped mountain of light colour, 5,150 feet high, and visible (seaward)
from a distance of 70 or 80 miles ; it forms part of an inland range, and
there is a lower one between it and the sea, which hides it from a ship
when within 10 or 12 miles of the coast. The name is derived from its
supposed citron-like shape.— (Constable Stiffe Pexsian Gulf Pilot.)
JABAL-UL-HATl (?) or JABAL BUSTANAK (LaristanLat. (Little
peak) 26° 39' 58" ; Long. 54° 41' 43" ; Elev. 1,750'.
A remarkable, isolated mass of dark, volcanic hills, about 3| miles in
extent, one mile from the coast of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, near Bustaneh. The
highest part is near the centre, and forms a ridge, visible 45 miles, near the
southern end of which is a little peak, which looks like a tower built on
the summit and is conspicuous, particularly from the eastward or west
ward. This peak is 1,750 feet high, and bears north-east £ east, 4| miles
from Ras Bustanak. Salt is obtained from these locks.—(Constable-
Stiff e—Persian Gulf Pilot — Ross.)
JABALY ARID— Lat. Long. Elev. 1,200'.
A rugged mass of volcanic hills of dark colour upon Ras Yarid, the
north-west point of Mughu Bay,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. The elevation pf these hills
is about 1,200 feet. They are visible 35 miles— (Constable— Stiffe—Persian
Gulf Pilot.)
fJABAR —Lat. Long. Elev.
A district of the country of the Ka’b ’Arabs in Khuzistan, which extends
from the village of Jabar to the sea, to the Shatt-al- Arab and Badar
Ma’shur. This village, it is said, can turn out 600 of the best matchlock-
men of the country.— (Colville.)
JABIRABAD— Lat. ’ Long. Elev.
A village in Southern ’Arabistan, on the left bank of the river Hindian,
i a m ile south-east of Kurreh Pa. It is inhabited by 300 Ja’faris, who
cultivate grain and own about 100 cattle and donkeys.— (
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
rABIRIEH, vide MUHAMMAREH District.
ABRl— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the Bushire peninsula (q.v.).
: ABRlN Island-Lat. 27° 55' 40"; Long. 51° 28' 40" ; Elev.
A narrow strip of sand in the Persan Gulf, off the coast of the Dasht
district of Ears. It is the commencement to the northward of the islands
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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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