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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [532v] (1069/1278)
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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(Ap
proxi
mate)
mile.
Name.
Bank.
Inhabitants
Remarks.
548
Qajarieh
R
60 reed huts of Muhaisin
of the Zuwaidat sec
tion. There are 60
rifles and 50 mount
ed men. At seed
time p nd harvest the
place is temporarily
This place was formerly
known as Saiyid
Kadhim. Wheat and
barley are grown.
About 50 horsemen
viz., the mounted men
of the village, are
•
increased by about
35 houses of Bani-
Tamim (II).
stationed here by
the Shaikh of Muh-
ammareh for the pro
tection of the river
and there is a small
mud fort. A Pojt
and Telegraph Office
constructed by the
Persian Government
was never used
as such, and has
been converted into-
a rest-house. There
is a ferry with one
small boart.
557
Sab’eh
R.
1 house' of Saiyids
At this place, which is
nearly due west of
Drisiyeh in the Ahwaz
district, there was
formerly a shrine
which had a grove
of 50 palm trees on
the south side and
•
contained the tombs
of seven saints. It
was destroyed about
10 years ago by the
combined action of
rain and river.
554
Drisiyeh
L.
20 mat huts of Muhaisin
having 15 rifles and
25 mounted men.
Occupied in the plough
ing season and at
harvest only. It is
included in the Ah
waz district.
557
Nathareh .
L.
20 mat huts of
Muhaisin. There
are 15 rifles and 20
mounted men.
Occupied in the plough
ing season and as
harvest only. It is
included in the
Ahwaz district.
565
Salaihawiyeh
L.
20 mat huts of Muhai-
Occupied in the plough-
sin. There are 15
ing season and at
mounted men and
10 rifles.
harvest only. It is
included in ths
Ahwaz district.
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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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- 'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K'
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