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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [354v] (713/1278)
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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here, but no village. A high mountain lies to the north, and in the valley
is a forest of oaks. Horse flies are bad here.— (Hoykins, 1903.)
GANJAK —
A spring of sweet water in Kirman, 25 miles west of Mashiz, on the road
to Gaud-i-Ahmar.— (Sykes, April 1900.)
GANJAMCHUM iB-I—
A river in Pusht-i-Kuh. When crossed in December 1909, it was 30
yards broad and about 8 inches deep. The water is impregnated with
sulphur.— (Ranking, 1909.)
GANJAMCHUM, TANG-I—
A pass in Pusht-i-Kuh at the mouth of which Dumb Qalamum is situated.
— (Ranking, 1909.)
GANJAN, AB-I—
A stream in the Bakhtiari country, which flows into the Karun river.—
(Sawyer, 1890.)
GANKHAK HlBANI— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Dashti district of Pars, 1| miles south-east of Gankhak
Shamali. It contains 10 houses of Ruuseh, Faqiha and Jatut.— (Persian
Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
GANKHAK SHAMALI— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Dashti district of Ears, 3 miles south-east of Kaki on the
Mund river plain. It contains 50 houses of Ruuseh, Faqiha and Jatut.—
(
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
GARAY AND— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Eastern Khuzistan, 85 miles from Shusthar on the road to
Du Pulan and Isfahan. It is situated on the left bank of the Pandab (?).—
(Schindler.)
GARDAK— Lat. Long. Elev. about 2,000'.
A pass, 2| miles long, leading from the Hormuz valley into the ’Aliabad
valley ; through this pass the Bandar ’Abbas-Lar road passes. For a
detailed description of the pass, vide route from Bandar ’Abbas to Lar via
Hormuz. From the summit of the pass an excellent view of the ’Aliabad
plain is obtained, Kuh-i-Hormuz being also prominent to the south-east.—
(Wilson and Cruickshank, 1907.)
GARDANEH AMRULA —Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass in Kirmanshah on the road from Mandali to Kirmanshah city. It
crosses the Kaluja range. The ascent from the south is easy, the descent to
the north very steep. It is turnable to the west by the Gardaneh Timanijik,
distant 1| miles, and to the east by a pass, the Kamar Zard, distant 5 miles,
and leading into the Guar valley from Asmanabad. The gradient, etc,,
of the Gardaneh Amrula is fully described in Maunsell’s Reconnaissances
in 1890 under the name of Kaluja pass. It is passable to laden mules, but
not to field guns.— (Vaughan.)
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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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