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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎624r] (1252/1278)

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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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KUR—KUR.
617
KURISTAN— Lat. 27 tf 12' N.; Long. 55° 41' E. ; Elev. 85'.
A serai and seven cisterns on the road from Bandar ’Abbas to Lar, on
which it forms the 3rd stage. Five cistern w’ere dry in March 1907 : water
from the other two and from two wells about 80 feet deep. Lines of ruined
qandts, crossing the plain in the vicinity, are a source of danger.
KURISTAN or SEH BIRKEH— Lat. Long. Elev. 36'.
A caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). in Laristan, 42J miles from Bandar ’Abbas, on the road to
Lar. It has 6 cisterns, of which 2 are in bad repair. Traces of ruins exist
which show that the place must at one time have been the site of a large
town, but there are now no habitations. There is good grazing in the
vicinity. A pass, called the Tang Abad, over the Gishu range {q.v.), lies
north-east from here.'— (Butcher, 1888 — Shakespear, 1905.)
KURKH ARR AK( ? )—
A marsh in Ears, to the south of Asupas, on the western road from Shiraz
to Isfahan.— (Durand.)
KURKUR—
A small canal in the Fallahieh district of Southern ’Arabistan, on the right
bank of the Jarrahi river, with which it connects. It irrigates country
cultivated by Khanafireh (Ka’b) Arabs, who grow wheat and barley.—•
(Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
KURREH BAND or KURREH WAND— Lat. 29° 16' N. ; Long. 50° 56'
E ; Elev.
A village in the Rudhilleh district of Ears, on the left bank of the Rud-
hilleh stream, 4 miles east of ’Askari. It contains 120 houses inhabited by
mixed Bani Tamim Arabs and Lurs, and two small shrines. The inhabi
tants cultivate wheat and barley, and a few dates ; they own transport
animals to the number of 30 horses, 30 mules and 200 donkeys. The Arabs
speak both Arabic and Peisian and are Sunnis : the Lurs speak Persian only
and are Shi’ahs.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
KURREH PA— Lat. 30° 20' N. ; Long. 49° 45' E. ; Elev.
A village in Southern ’Arabistan, on the left bank of the river Hindian,
| a mile south-east of Cham Kalgeh. It is inhabited by 600 Abads who
cultivate grain and own 200 donkeys, 150 cattle and 1,000 sheep and goats.
—( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
KURRI— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Dinaran valley of the Bakhtiari country. It is used as
winter quarters by the Iliats, and consists of a group of squalid huts. There
is a grove of fine walnut trees near it, with several springs rising from the
foot of a high scarped peak called Kaleh-i-Salman.— (Sawyer, 1890.)
KURRUN— Lat. 29° 44' N.; Long. 55° 43' E.; Elev.
A village of Kirman, 26 miles from Saidabad, on the road to Kirman.
It is one of eight belonging to the descendants of a “ Saiyid, ” now num
bering 96 souls. 'The village has a large orchard, poppy cultivation, and
wheat and potatoes, with water from a qandt. — (Stack.)

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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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