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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎37v] (79/652)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (322 folios). It was created in 1910. 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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66
BAN—BAN
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and the Bandan river flowing down it, about 50 yards to the east ol the
village. There is little or no water in the river, except during or after rain,
when it comes down in a torrent.
There are 50 houses inside the walls of the village and a large date grove
in the valley above the village, containing about 6,000 trees, each tree
yielding about 3ifes of dates in an ordinary year ; ropes are made out of
the fibre of the palm. .
The principal importance of Bandan from a military point of view lies
in the fact that it is situated at the mouth of a pass debouching on Sistan
and on the road between it and Neh, Birjand and Meshed. It is also the
last point at which water for anything but a very small body of men and
animals can be obtained en route to Sistan, until the Hdmun is reached, 30
miles distant Bandan produces about 10 to 20 khanodrs or 150 to
300 Indian maunds of wheat and barley, but it does not suffice for the
wants of the people who obtain supplies from Sistan.
The market rates are :—
Wheat | Shtdnl mans or 4| seers per krdn.
Barley, 1 „ >> » ^ » » »
Bhusa 3 „ « >> hd » »
Animals are :—
Cattle ; 100 head
Goats and sheep; 400 head
Camels ; none.
Donkeys; 15 head. „ , n r
Water abundant from river and springs, but somewhat alkaline.
There is plenty of grazing for camels and sheep, but none for horses and
mules. Hinduaneh, Abu Jabl (Colocynth) and Dunarg are poisonous shrubs.
There is no storage of forage for the winter, but plenty of fuM which con
sists of Tak, Gaz and Ghich. Donkeys are used as transport animals.
Population .—Over 200 Sistanis ; 50 families. There are no troops quarter-
^MdUdt —levied on palm trees—has been increased from krdns 355 to krans
472.
Sargaleh, i.e., tax on grazing lands, has ^n mcmased from krans 50 to
krdns 75. — {H. D. Napier ; Wanliss ; 1903 ; 'Abbas 'Ah, 1907.)
BANDAN—
A village in Makran in the Sirha {g.v.).
BANDAN— Elev. 4,100'.
A hamlet in Sarhad, 3 miles east of Ladis, on the road to Kacha khh.-
{Sijkes, 1898.)
BANDAR.- Tr . ^ , ,
A well-populated village, about 10 miles from Kirman on the road to
Khabis, and lying about 1 mile to the west of the io^.-(Shaikh
Mohi-ud-Din, 1894.)
B ANDAR—
A village in Geh {q.v.) in Makran.

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The item is Volume IV of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1910 edition).

The volume comprises that portion of Persia south and east of the Bandar Abbas-Kirman-Birjand to Gazik line, with the exception of Sistan, 'which is dealt with in the Military Report on Persian Sistan'. It also includes the islands of Qishm, Hormuz, Hanjam, Larak etc. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the whole district of Shamil.

The gazetteer includes entries on villages, towns, administrative divisions, districts, provinces, tribes, halting-places, religious sects, mountains, hills, streams, rivers, springs, wells, dams, passes, islands and bays. The entries provide details of latitude, longitude, and elevation for some places, and information on history, communications, agriculture, produce, population, health, water supply, topography, climate, military intelligence, coastal features, ethnography, trade, economy, administration and political matters.

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 contains an index map, dated July 1909, on folio 323.

The volume also contains a glossary (folios 313-321).

Prepared by the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India.

Printed at the Government Monotype Press, India.

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1 volume (322 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 324; 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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