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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [166v] (337/652)
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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324
KAU—KHA
the north-west in which there is a good supply of sweet Water. The
whole neighbourhood is covered wi h Kahur jungle. There is abundance
of camd-grazing and fuel. The soil is not very good, consequently the
inhabitants are poor.— [Gibbon, 1908.)
KAVUNI—
A place in Qishm Island.
KAZAR KCH—
A high range of hills in Kirman. Perhaps Hazar Kuh. — [Abbott.)
KEHURlDARlZ—
A halting-place in Kirman, 64J miles from Minab, on the road to Rigan.
It has a spring of good water, which is said to be perennial.— [Grey, Sep
tember 1905.)
KELEHPUR—
Hills in the desert between Nehbandan and Kirman, 15 miles from
Bala lla,uz—[Khanikoff.)
KESRI NALA (Persian Baluchistan)—Lat. 26° 46' 3'; Long. 63° 30' 45*;
Elev. 3,27s'.
Camping-ground on Gwadar-Jalk road, 171 miles from Pardm. No
perennial water here. The Gwadar-Jalk road enters this ndld at 10|
miles from Parom, and here there is perennial water and pish. The road
continues ascending the ndld, but the water ceases about 2 miles further
on, and at 13| miles reaches a hutal, which is the highest point in the
Sagarkand range that the road crosses. Height 3,942 feet. The road
then descends into another ndld on the opposite side, also called Kesri,
and goes down this by an easy slope to the halting-place.
KHABARAH—
A division of Aqta in Kirman, which, notwithstanding its mountainous
character, abounds with fruit groves, of which the pomegranate, almond,
pistachio nut, grape, and fig are the principal productions. The habita
tions there are of mud and stone.—(For Office Report on Persia, Part II,
Route No. 112.)
khabar-i-bAlA—
A village of 40 houses 65 miles north-north-wes 1 of Ahmadi in the Bandar
Abbas District. Many kinds of fruit-trees are cultivated here. Good
water from a stream. Livestock ; 10 horses, 150 donkeys, 150 cattle,
200 sheep and goats. The inhabitants possess 8 Martini-Henry rifles
and 20 muzzle-loaders—(&&er Jang, 1902.)
khabar-i-pAIn—
A village of 60 houses, 14 miles south-south-west of Khabar-i-Bala.
Livestock: 6 horses, 100 cattle, 1,500 sheep and goats. Donkeys
for transport can be obtained in numbers varying from 200 to 1,000 at
different periods. Fruit-trees of all kinds are grown. The inhabitants
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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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