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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎238r] (480/652)

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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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PETAK,— see Sarkaur (River). . : J
PlB or PIP— Elev. 3,300'.
The capital of Lashar, in Persian Baluchistan, situated nearly in the
centre of a valley some 6 miles long by 3 broad, surrounded by hills,
49 miles north of Geh and 55 miles south of Bampur. Scattered
over the valley are the following villages and date groves:—
Vashmaqan, Jakkas, Patkun, PIz, Gurdahan, Kuch Khan, Hari
Dug, Han Dak System of postal communication used in Moghul India and later by the East India Company. , Rus, and Surmich.
Pib village consists of some 200 houses and huts, huddled together round
a small mud fort (of no importance) quite in the open, with no date or
other trees round. Population 1,000.
Supplies are plentiful. There is a considerable amount of cultivation
both here and in the other villages, and the tribes
esources. own i ar g e fl oc ^ s 0 f g^eep and goats. The soil is
good and impregnated with lime, and, being well irrigated, superior crops
are produced. Fig, mulberry, grape, and pomegranate are seen, also the
castor and cotton plants. Lucerne and bean crops grow well. Water is abun
dant and good. Fuel and camel-grazing plentiful. Climate reported to be
healthy.
The following bearings of points were taken from Pib :—
Kuh-i-Gatak, 204°.
Kuh-i-Yazbag or Nilag, 265°.
Kuh-i-Bazman, 357°.
Kuh-i-Shlsheh Pusht, 48°.
Kuh-i-Suhran, 56°.
Kuh-i-Dahan, 75°.
The lofty pyramidal Bazman peak is called here Zind-i-Pir.
Kafileh routes run respectively east and west from Pib to Qasrqand
via Champ (two stages) and to Fanuch and Bint via Maskhutan.
The Lasharis are different from other Baluch tribes in being taller and
The Lashar Baluch. physically finer men. They have a wild, indepen-
dent, frank appearance, with clear-cut features
and long ringlets. When seen armed and mounted on fast-stepping camels,
they present a warlike appearance. They are of nomadic tendencies, and
wander about with their flocks, only returning to their villages during the
date harvest and to cultivate the ground, and then again wandering afar.
Six miles north from Pib on the road to Isfakeh the following villages
are passed.
A village of some 50 flat-roofed mud houses and huts, with the remains of
an old mud fort, some 20 acres of rich cultivat
ed soil and a date grove. The crops are parti
cularly good : jowari, lucerne, cotton, beans, onions and tobacco are seen in
the gardens, also fig and mulberry trees and castor plant.
A village with some 30 houses and huts, situated in a date grove 300
yards to the right, a little way below Gurdahan.
Here also is some good cultivated ground. Sup
plies can be obtained at either of these villages in small quantities.—^
(Brazier-Creagh, 1893.)
Gurdahan.
Hari Du :
3 N8

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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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