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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [528r] (1060/1278)
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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KAR—KAR
521
(Ap
proxi
mate)
mile.
Name.
Bank.
Inhabitants.
Remarks.
461
Hilleh-u-Dilleh
R.
Now deserted
There is one small ferry
boat here.
465
Wais .
L.
—
See article Wais.
465
Li’aimi
R.
Until lately deserted
but re-occupied
about Novem ber
1905 by the Al Bu
Rawaieh with a
number of tents.
The place was formerly
the chief centre of
the ’Anafi jeh.
465}
Muwailheh .
L.
Two small adjacent
hamlets, containing
together about 50
grass huts of Hawas-
him. There are 100
rifles.
Practically a suburb of
Wais. Wheat and
barley are grown,
and there are 50
mules which ply to
Nasiri, Ramuz and
Shushtar.
475
Kut Saiyid Isma’il
R.
At present deserted
'
The place is also known
as Kut Zair Farhan
and is situated in a
tract called Luqbair.
477}
Suwaini’ai or Kut
Karadeh.
L.
Ditto
479
Kut Saiyid’Anaieh.
L.
100 grass huts of mixed
Arabs, subjects of
the Bavieh. Of the
fighting men, 80
have rifles and 150
are mounted.
Wheat and barley are
grown. There -is a
ferry here with one
small boat.
484
Kut Saiyid Ibra-
1 in.
R.
At present deserted .
Opposite the island of
Khuwaiseh.
;488
1
Qraneh
L.
100 houses of Zarqan
of the Al Bu Lahai-
yeh and| Sumaq sec
tions : 40 are of mud,
the rest are mat huts
or tents. There are
50 mounted men
and 100 rifles.
Wheat and barley are
cultivated. One small
ferry-boat is kept
here.
496}
Saiyid ’Abbas
L.
14 grass huts of’Ikrish
of the Daghaghleh
section, Persians,
etc. They have 7
rifles and 10 mount
ed men.
Wheat and barley are
grown. This place
is situated in a tract
known as Zuwiyeh.
There is one small
ferry-boat here.
496
Ahwaz
L.
...
See article Ahwaz
497}
Nasiri
L.
...
See article Nasiri.
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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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