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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [185r] (374/652)
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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KUNiR basteh—
A large nala or river channel in Persian Baluchistan, which is cross
ed by the road from Bazman to Bampur, 13 miles south of the former place.
Flowing in a south-south-westerly direction, it has a wbdth of over
J mile, and is the real channel and flood limit of all the torrents (Zehan, etc.)
draining to the south-east of Bazman. The left bank is 15 feet high and the
right bank 5 feet, and the former, being sandy, is apt to be washed away
and after rains becomes precipitous. After receiving the drainage of the
Kahur and Talab streams it is known as the Shandamulla, which name
it continues to bear up to its junction with the Kaskin river.— (Brazier-
Creagh, 1894 ; Wood, 1899.)
KUNARl DAP—*
The fifth stage on the Bamphr-Chahbar route, 73f from the former
on the right bank of the Jasis stream. Water from Jasis stream. No
habitations. Camel grazing and fuel abundant.
KUNAR ISMATL—
A viflage, 13 miles south-south-west of Minab. One hundred houses of
Baluch tribesmen ; 20 muzzle-loading guns. Cultivation : barley. Livestock :
20 camels, 60 cattle, 100 goats and sheep, 15 donkeys .—(Sher Jang, 1902.)
KUNAR KALATI—
A village in Rudbar (g.v.) in Kirman.
KUNARNAI (River)—
A river in Kirman, which, flowing in a northerly direction, crosses the
Rigan-Bazman road, 6J miles south-east of the former town.
At this point the width of its bed is less than 100 yards, but, according
to Jennings, it is in some places several miles wide, and has large islands
above flood level.
When Wood crossed it on his way from Rigan to Bazman in February
1899, after four days’ heavy rain, the actual width of the stream was 25 feet
by 1 foot deep.— (Jennings, 1885 ; Wood, 1899.)
KUNARO—
A halting-place in the Karvan district on the coast of Persian BalEchistan.
According to Haji ’Abdul NabI, (1839) it is 19 kos (30 miles ?) east of
the Sadaich river and 6 kos (10 miles ?) from Karvan (q.v.). Gras&and
firewood in plenty, and at that time about 15 mat huts of Hot Baluch.
KUNAR SI AH—
A village in Qishm Island (q.v.).
KUNAR TARAN—
A halting-place in Kirman on the Rlgan-MInab road, between Kahur-i-
Daraz and Manujan, about 4 miles from the former and 14£ from the latter.
*Dap (Baluchi) signifies the point of junction of two streama.— {Grey, 1906.)
61 I. B.
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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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