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'Additions to Gazetteer of Persia, Volumes II to IV.' [12r] (23/370)
The record is made up of 1 file (185 folios). It was created in 1896. 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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BUNEYGHES*—Vol. Ill, page 109.
The village is surrounded by vegetable gardens and clumps of date trees»
and would afford good camping-ground. It is said by the natives to con
tain 300 houses, with 200 men fit for service : it possesses several small
square “ tafangchi ” towers-— ' (Butcher, 1888),
• Bonayez of Stotherd ?
BAGHAKf—Vol. Ill, page 71.
The village is surrounded with a mud wall about 8 or 9 feet high, forming
a square enclosure, with round towers at the corners. There is a good
site for a camp. East of the village tracts of wheat and barley alternate
wdth stretches of grass land— (Butcher, March 1888).
f Borak of Stoth< rd ?
A Hit AM—Elev. 359', Vol. Ill, page 44.
The principal town of the Tangistan district, 1 mile long by half-a-mile
broad, is crowded with mud and stone houses a great number of which
are in ruins and uninhabited, it also contains many mat huts: there are
about 250 inhabited houses, and the population may be roughly estimated
at 1,000. The fort has walls about 40' high with round turrets at the
four corners. Supplies of barley and wheat are plentiful, beef and mutton
are procurable, but not in large quantities. The water is plentiful and
good; fuel very scanty, except for date trees; the grazing is good and
there are good camping grounds— (Butcher, March 1888J.
GALUKI—Vol. Ill, page 244.
A village in the Tangistan district of Ears, 3 miles south of Ahram—
(Butcher, 1888).
GAINAK—Vol. Ill, page 244.
A village on the coast of Ears, 17 miles from Ahram • (Butcher, 18S8).
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This file consists of additions and corrections to the Gazetteer of Persia. Additions and corrections are organised in alphabetical order. Each addition or correction is accompanied by the source of the information.
The corrections are accompanied by a memorandum from the Quarter Master General in India, Intelligence Branch, to the Honourable George Curzon, MP, Carlton Club, London. The subject of the memorandum is given as 'Additions to Gazetteer of Persia, Volumes II to IV.' A note states that they are 'Forwarded for information in continuation of this office No. 3146.I. dated 24th October 1896 by F. G. Cardew, Captain, for Quarter Master General, India.'
Also included (folio 41) are tables of routes within Persia with hours riding time by horse and costs of carriage. In addition there are a number of tables of data. For example, weather observations (ff 53-63), bazar prices (f 109), imports and exports (ff 119-120). Mostly the additions contain supplementary information on the settlements.
Individuals submitting additions include Butcher and Stotherd, Picot and Preece.
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The papers in the file are arranged in order of the various submitted contributions and in approximate chronological order.
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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 185, 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.
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