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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [266r] (536/1278)
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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DAR—DAK
259
DARREUHtJM—L at. Long. Elev.
A small village, deserted during the summer months, lying between the
2 arms of the river Khirsan in a direction of 240° from the village of
Nurrah, on the road between Isfahan and Behbehan, west of the Kuh-i-
Dina.— (Bell.)
DARUDABAD—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Anar district (q.v.) of Kirman.
DARtJDABAD (KIRMAN)—
An dladeh between Anar and Baiaz, on the road from Yazd to Kirman
by Kirmanshahan.— (Euan-Smith.)
DARUDGAH—Lat. 29° 21 ' N.; Long. 51° 7' E.; Elev.
The principal place in the small Gulf Ports district of Zira in Ears ; it is
situated about 10 miles north-west of Borazjun and 1 |- miles from the right
bank of the Rud Shinn stream and Kudhilleh river, near the point where
the one merges in the other. Darudgah consists of about 150 houses of
a tribe claiming Arab descent, who live by cultivation of wheat, barley,
dates, and cotton ; it is also the lazar of the Zira district. The village is held
in tiyul by a relative of the Salar-i-Mu’azzam, who has a local representative,
and is farmed by the Khan of Shabankareh to prevent it falling into the
hands of any rival Khan ; revenue is collected at the rate of 20 to 100 lerdns
per gdu of cultivation. The defences of the place consist of 4 towers.—
(
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
DARUDGAH—
200 houses. Population 400. Rifles 150. Live-stock 600. Water from
Shahpur river. Irrigation from the same.— (Sultan Muhammad, 1909.)
DARUN—Lat. 29° 53' N. ; Long. 56° 32' E. ; Elev.
A village in Kirman, about 1 mile south-west of Mashlz. It contains
about 20 houses. About 1 mile to the south-west is a garden, called But
Kafa.— (Sykes, 1900.)
DARVAI—
A village on the Shahpur river, in the Zira district of Ears, about 2 miles
downstream from Sa’dabad. There is a ford over the river opposite the
village.— (Chick, 1910.)
(Note.— This may be the same as Darval Pahud, q. v.)
DARVAI CHEHAR BTJRJ—
A village in the Shabankareh district of Ears on the road from Borazjiin
to Deh Kuhneh, 11 miles from the latter ; 40 houses ; 150 live-stock ; water
from wells and db-ambdrs.—(Sultan Muhammad, 1909.)
DARVAI PAlRUD—
A village in the Shabankareh district of Ears, 9 miles south of Deh Kuhneh.
It is situated on the Shahpur river, about 2 miles downstream from
Sa’dabad. There is a ford across the river opposite the pillane
(Chick, 1910.) ^ 8 '
It contains 100 houses inhabited by Ruuseh, who are said to have immi
grated from Dashtlstan and DashtI, where they were once predominant.
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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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