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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [508r] (1020/1278)
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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KAL—KAM
501
KAL-I-GAY (Kirman)—
A range of hills between Baghin and Mashiz on the road between Kirman
and Shiraz. It is crossed by the Gudar-i-Dukhtar Pass.—(^. John.)
KALlLAK—
A walled village of 100 houses in the province of Pars close to Sa’adat-
abad on the post road from Shiraz to Isfahan. About 76 miles distant
from Shiraz.— (Howe, 1906.)
KALKAL— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, on the route from Bandar ’Abbas to Khanu, about
40 miles from the former. The supply of water is from wells, most of which
are fresh.— (Abdul Rahim, Hakim.)
KALMIAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A river of Luristan, which flows into the Saimarreh —(Baring.)
KALMUT, vide KULMAT.
KALUKABAD— Lat. Long. Elev. •
A village in Ears, passed on the 3rd stage from Shiraz to Kirman.—
(War Office Report on Persia, Part II, Route 133.)
KALGn! or KATUNl— Lat. Long. Elev,
A village between Kazarun and Mian Kutal, Ears, on the road from
Bushire to Shiraz— (St. John.)
KALVEH— Lat. 31° 22' N. ; Long. 54° 37' E. ; Elev. 5,410'.
A small fort on the eastern borders of Ears, some 38 miles south of Yazd.
Only one inhabitant was found here. There are no supplies here ; but
water is obtained from a tiny qandt with a section of only 4" x 3" flowing
at 1 mile an hour. This stream fills a pond which is used for irrigating a
garden. The stream would have to be dammed for 2 or 3 days before
it could supply a force of 1,000 men. The fort is commanded from the
south within 400 yards by a low chain of accessible hills. The place also
seems to be called Kulvand.— (Vaughan, 1887.)
KAMALABAD (1)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of Ears, 26 miles from Task, on the road to Shiraz, situated
under the hills to the left of the road.— (Preece, 1892.)
KAMALABAD (2)— Lat. 30° 25' N.; Long. 56° 5' E. ; Elev.
A village in Kirman, about 1 mile south-east of Bahramabad, It has
the Persian telegraph office for the town of Bahramabad.
KAMALABAD (3)—Lat. 29° 23' N.; Long. 55° 42' E. ; Elev.
A village in Kirman, about 7 miles south of Saidabad. It is surrounded
by gardens, and lies about mile to the west of the Saidabad-Bandair Abbas
road.— (Gill, 1880.)
KAMALl— Lat. 29° 29' N. ^Long. 50° 48' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Haiat Daud district of Ears, 10 miles norfh-east of Big,
containing 20 houses inhabited by Behbehams, who cultivate some grain
and own 30 donkeys and 400 sheep.-^-(Pemcm Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
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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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