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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [99r] (202/1278)
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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BAG—BAG
93
BAGH-I-RAlS— Lat. 28° 38' N. ; Long. 51° 17' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Dashti district of Ears, 8 miles west of Khurmuj town on
the west side of the Khurmuj valley. It contains 200 houses, some of which
are built of stone. Resources are 5 horses, 4 mules, 12 camels, 60 donkeys,
40 cattle and 800 sheep ; also 6,000 date-palms. Also called Gaz Daraz and
Maqtal.— {
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
BAGH-I-SAD— Lat. 31° 44' N. ; Long. 54° 16'. E. ;'Elev.
A fine garden in the Taft district of Yazd, 2 miles south-west of the village
of Taft. MacGregor says there is a well-built house here with a bddgtr in
the garden.— {MacGregor — Newcomen, 1905.)
BAGH-I-SHA1KH-’LAI— Lat. Long. Elev. 5,674'.
A village about 22 or 23 miles from Isfahan, close to the road to Shushtar.
Takes its name from Shaikh ’All who is buried here.— {Schindler.)
BAGH-I-SIAH— Lat. 30° 16' N. ; Long. 53° 34' E. ; Elev.
The fifth stage, 23 farsakhs, from Niriz, on the road to Deh Bid in Ears.
— {Stotherd, 1893.)
BAGHISTlN (1)—Lat. 31° 24' N. ; Long. 53° 52' E. ; Elev.
A village of 20 houses, 8 miles north-north-east of Fin. Livestock are 10
donkeys, 60 cattle and 800 sheep and goats. Cultivation : tobacco and
onions. About 3,000 date-trees. Good water from a spring.— {Sher Jang,
1902.)
BAGHISTAN (2) —Lat. 31° 37' N. ; Long. 54° 9' E. ; Elev.
A village in the district of Yazd, situated in the Deh Bala valley {q.v.) —
{Vaughan, 1890.)
BAGH-I-TAKHT— Lat. Long. Elev.
A garden situated about a mile north of Shiraz.— {MacGregor.)
BAGH-I-VAHSH—Lat. 32° 30' N. ; Long. 51' 31° E. ; Elev. 5,500'.
A large village of 120 families, 16f miles from Isfahan, on the road to
Shushtar. Is a wealthy district, but unhealthy in autumn. The village
is so named from an old, enclosed hunting-ground of Shah ’Abbas, remains
of the walls of which are still to be seen.— {Schindler — Wells.)
Ranking calls this Bagh Wahush.
BAGHLAH
Large trading vessel.
—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of Khuzistan. The Hamudih tribe encamp there.— {Ross.)
baghlAnieh—
A section of the Muhaisin tribe {q.v.).
BAGH SHAKAR— Lat. 28° 57' N. ; Long. 51° 18' E. ; Elev.
A village in the district of Tangistan, 6 miles north of Ahram at the foot
of the Kuh Gugardi. It has 20 houses, and the cultivation is wheat, barley,
and dates. The livestock are 4 horses, 3 mules, 20 camels, 50 donkeys, 30
cattle and 600 sheep and goats. There are 4,000 date-trees.— {Persian
Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
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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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