'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [91r] (186/652)
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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DILFARD—
A large village in the Sarduieh district of Kirman, situated in a gorge of
the Dilfard range, a few miles south of the Sarbizan pass.— (Sykes, 1902.)
DILRAN—
A village in Riidbar (q.v.) in Kirman.
DILSHAD—
A halting-place in Persian Baluchistan, 164 miles to the west-south
west of Qasrqand, on’the road to Jashk.— (Hdjl Abdul Nabi.)
DINARMULK—
The 7th stage on the Bampur-Chahbar route, 99f miles from Bampur.
It consists of a large date grove and small group of huts situated on the right
bank of the Kaju river. Grazing and fuel limited. No supplies. Water
from river.— (Grey, 1906.)
DIPKURor DAP KAUR— Elev. 2,550'.
A large village in the Sarbaz district of Makran, about 14 miles south of
Sarbaz. It possesses a fort partially dug out of a shaly hill, 50 feet high,
in the centre of the valley, which is here about i mile wide. South of
Dlpkur, the track along the Sarbaz river passes for some 6 miles through
a narrow defile, with an average width of 300 yards, flanked on either side
by precipitous heights. There are no supplies, and fuel and grazing are
scarce, but water is abundant and good. In 1902 it was noticed that
all the men living here were well armed with Martini and Lee-Speed
magazine rifles, probably smuggled from Masqat.— (Tighe, 1902.)
DIRABAND—
A small stream in the Shahrl district of Kirman, which is crossed
by the road from Kuhtak to Kahn-i-’Ali, 3 miles from the former place.
Its bed is deep and rocky, and in July contained but little water,
which was very brackish.— (Medley and Massy, 1893.)
DlRAKt—
A village in Qishm island (q.v.).
DIREH—
A date grove on the left bank of the Kaju river, on the Bampur-Chahbar
route, 871 miles from Bampur. A few huts are generally found here in the
date season. Camel grazing and fuel limited. Supplies nil. Water from
river.— (Grey, 1906.)
DITAK— See Daman.
divani—
A village on the Tehrud (q.v.) in Kirman.
DIVAN-I-MURAD KUH—
A range of hills in Kirman bounding the Jlruft plain on the west.—
(Goldsmid.)
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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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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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