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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [303v] (611/988)
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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923
SHI—SHI
SHIMBAR— Lat. Long. Elev. 3 ; 600\
An Iliat encampment in the Bakhtiarl country, situated in a fertile valley
88 miles from Dizful on the road to Kaleh Bazuft via Duma Khail,
traversed by a tributary stream of the Karun. No supplies, but plentiful
water, grazing, and fuel (May),— (Rawlinson — McSwiney, 1891.)
SHIMBAR, AB-I— vide SHALLAR, AB-I.
SHIMS— vide SHAMASH—
SHINAINEH— Lat. Long. ' Elev.
A village on the east shore of 'Abbadan island. It cpntains 6 huts, and
is inhabited by Bait Kana’an (Muhaisin).— {
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
SHIN AS— -vide SHIYAS.
SHINOIS KfjH—
A rocky and precipitous range of low hits in Laristan, running more or
less parallel to, and south of, the road between Zangu and Haftavan.—
{Butcher, 1888.)
SHlRABAD— Lat. 30° 31 f N.; Long. 49° 50' E.; Elev.
A village in southern ’Arabistan on the left bank of the river II Indian,
1 mile below Ghuleh. It contains 200 houses of Sharifat Arabs, who own
200 sheep and cultivate grain in winter.— {
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
SHIR ’ALL-
A tribe of the Hindian district {q.v.).
SHIRAZ— Lat. 29° 37' 56"; Long. 52° 40' 22" Elev, 5,100'.
A city, the capital of Ears,' by post road 326 miles south-south-east of
Isfahan and 182 miles north-east of Bushire. It is situated on the right
bank of a stream in a fertile and well-watered plain about 7 miles wide,
surrounded by mountains. Rich gardens and vineyards exist in its
vicinity. The stream, which sometimes has a certain volume of water from
December to April, is usually dry for the rest of the year, the water being
used for irrigation purposes. It empties itself into the salt lake, the upper,
margin of which is perhaps 12 miles from Shiraz in a south-easterly direc
tion. Five miles south of Shiraz, the valley is separated from an extensive
marsh by a low range of hills.
The city, quarters and population.— city is irregularly circular in
shape, flanked by semi-circular towers, rising some feet above the parapet
which is bounded by a dry ditch. Both towers and wall are m bad repair;
the latter, in some instances, having fallen and filled up the ditch, so that it
is quite easy to ride through the gaps. The southern wall is in tolerable
repair. The circumference of the wall is about 4 miles, but in more recent
and peaceful times the suburbs have become enlarged, so that the original
outline is no longer clearly traceable.
Shiraz, like all other Persian towns, has a certain number of deserted
houses, which are allowed to fall into ruins, though it compares favourably
with most of them in this respect. More than half of the enclosed area of
the city is taken up with bazars, maidans, the Governor’s place, gardens,
stables and other public buildings, leaving the remaining space for occupa
tion by the inhabitants.
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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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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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