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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎175r] (354/988)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (490 folios). It was created in 1918. 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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HJS-QAB
794
country in every direction, and few, if any, hilld are so steep as to be im
passable for loaded mules. {Wilson, 19Hi)
PUSHT-I-KUH (4) —
A sub-division of Yazd, being a tract on the southern slope of the hill
north of the Abrquh plain.
It contains the villages of Deh Shir, 'Abdullah, Irdan, Kahdiya, Sakhui,
Nir, Irnan, Bakh, and Zardan.— {MacGregor.)
BUSHT-I-PA— Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place, 92 miles front Bushire in Ears, on the road to Shiraz by
Shif and Jireh.— {Felly.)
PUSHT-I-PAR— Lat. Lo^g. Elev.
A small village in Ears, 27 miles south-east of Shiraz, on the road to Darab.
It lies 2 miles south of the road under the hills. It contains 20 houses.—
{Precce, 1892.)
PUZEHGAH or BAKULA— Lat. 29 b 31' N.; Long. 50° 36' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Haiat Daud district of Ears, 6 miles south-south-east
of Ganaveh. The village is situated on a knoll, and contains 50 huts, in
habited by Lurs from the Behbehan province. The villagers grow some
wheat and barley, and own livestock to the extent of 20 horses, 80 donkeys
and 600 sheep and goats.— { Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer> 1908.)
PtJZEH-I-KHUM— Lat. Long. Elev. 5,240'.
A camping-ground in Kirman, on the Bandar 'Abbas-Saldabad road.
Thirty-eight miles south of the latter place. Although there are no habi
tations, there are several wells of good water and excellent camel-grazing. — *
{Napier, 1899.)
PtjZEH-I-TAKHT-I-JAMSHlD— Elev. 5,500'.
A post-house in the province of Ears. The third post-house from Shiraz
(46 miles) on the Shlraz-Isfahan road. It is situated on the left bank of the
river Pulv&r, at the north-east extremity of the plain of Marvdasht. It
is a convenient halting-place from which to visit the ruins of Persepolis
{vide Persepolis and Zarpan). Water is available here but no supplies
or fuel.— {Stack — Newcomen, 1905 — Arluthnot, 1905.)
PLJZEH SHAIKH 'ABDULLAH—SHAKHAT-UL-BUZEH.
PtJZ SUElD— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Southern 'Arabistan, on the left bank of the river Hindian
almost opposite Badrani. It is inhabited by 200 Bahrakan Arabs, who
cultivate grain and own a few horses, 30 donkeys, 40 cattle, and 800 sheep
and goats. — { Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908i)
Q
QABANEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the east shore of 'Abbadan island. It contains 6 mud huts
and is inhabited by Thawamir.—(7Vmaw Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)

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The item is Volume III, Part II: L to Z of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (Provisional Edition, 1917, reprinted 1918).

The volume comprises that portion of south-western Persia, which is bounded on the west by the Turco-Persian frontier; on the north and east by a line drawn through the towns of Khaniqin [Khanikin], Isfahan, Yazd, Kirman, and Bandar Abbas; and on the south by the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The gazetteer includes entries on towns, villages, districts, provinces, tribes, forts, dams, shrines, coastal features, islands, rivers, streams, lakes, mountains, passes, and camping grounds. Entries include information on history, geography, climate, population, ethnography, administration, water supply, communications, caravanserais, trade, produce, and agriculture.

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 includes an Index Map of Gazetteer and Routes in Persia (folio 491), showing the whole of Persia, with portions of adjacent countries, and indicating the extents of coverage of each volume of the Gazetteer and Routes of Persia , administrative regions and boundaries, hydrology, and major cities and towns.

The volume includes a glossary (folios 423-435); and corrections (Index to the sub-tribes referred to in the Gazetteer of Persia, Volume III, folios 436-488).

Printed by Superintendent Government Printing, India, Calcutta 1918.

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1 volume (490 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 492; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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