'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [606r] (1216/1278)
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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KUH—KUH
599
KtJH-I-KUHAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A hill, about 33 miles west of Isfahan, and south of Tihran-Karvan.
Has its name fiom the village Kuhan at its foot (Jcuhtin, a hump)— vide
Kuhan.— (Schindler. )
KUH-I-KULU BANAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A mountain in the Harunabad district of Kirmanshah, crossed on the
march from the town of Harunabad to Karind at 12 miles from the former
— (Rozario.)
KOH-I-KULUNG— Lat. Long. Elev.
A peak at the northern end of the Qahlz plateau to the right of the road
from Isfahan to Burujird. Has its name from its resemblance to a pick,
kulunk. — (Schindler.)
KUH-I-KU’MASUN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A range of hills, a few miles to the left of the road from Isfahan to Burujird,
between Qahiz and Tihran-Karvan.— (Schindler.)
KUH-I-LINNA—
A mountain on the road between Kirmanshah and Deh Vala. Pass over
it is 4,700' high. The track is very steep and narrow, and slippery after
rain. It is passable only by pack transport.— 1909.)
KUH-I-MAHAS —Lat. Long. Elev.
A very high range of precipitous mountains of red limestone in Ears,
bounding the Kazarun plain on the south.—(MacGregor—Newcomen, 1905.)
K UH-I-M AL V AH I— vide MALVARl (KUH-I-).
KUH-I-MANGASHT— vide MANGASHT (KUH-I-).
KUH-I-MANISHT— vide MANISHT KUH.
KUH-I-MA UDAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A hill in Ears above the town of Darab (q.v.). It is so called because of
the number of mines in it. It is said that copper, iron and silver are to be
found here. None of the mines are worked at the present time, nor have
they been for a great number of years.— (Preece, 1884.)
KUH-I-MEHARLU— Lat. Long. Elev. 7,800'.
A mountain in Ears situated near the village of the same name. The
principal peak is the one which bears this name, and overhangs the lake.
The elevation is approximate only. A bridle-path from Juium, in the
plain of Shiraz, leads to the summit.— (Durand.)
KUH-I-MUND— Lat. Long. Elev. (highest point) 2,682'.
A coastal range of sandstone hills running through the district of Tan-
gistan in Ears into that of Dashti. It lies parallel to the sea, a mile or
two inland, and divides the inland valley of Tangistan from the coast. At
its northern extremity, called Ching Kauntar, its height is only 467 feet,
and it attains its highest elevation at the Burial peaks in the middle behind
Bu’lkhair. It is crossed in one or two places by passes between the coast
and the khurmuj valley. The southern end of the range abuts on the
Mund river, whence its name, but it is also called the Kuh-i-Kar.— (Foreign
Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
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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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