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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [401v] (807/988)
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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USH—VAL
USHTARKAN (?)— Lat. Long. Elev.
A ruined village on the caravan route from Isfahan to Shushtar, a few
miles north of the village of Malamlr.— [Report on a Journey through the
Bakhtidrl Country to Shushtar.)
USKLHl—
A tribe in the Malamir district of Eastern Khuzistan, inhabiting a little
village in the Kaleb-i-Tul plain, near Halaigan.— [Schindler.)
USUK or ATJSUK— Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place in Southern Ears, 157 miles south-east of Shiraz, on
the road to Lingeh in Lar, which is 180 miles distant.— [Felly.)
UTARI— Lat. 27° 10' N.; Long. 54° 26' E; Elev. 1,410'.
A small cdrdvanstrai in Laristan, 42^ miles from Charak, on the road to
Bastak.
It is perched on some high ground to the west of the road, and a little
to the east of it; near a water-course is a large hauz of excellent water.
At Utari a road branches off south-south-east to Lingeh.— [Vaughan,
mo.)
UTUB —vide KARUN River.
UZIDABAD (?)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A small hamlet in Kirman, 14^ miles south of Saidabad, on the road
to Bandar 'Abbas.— [Gill, 1880.)
V
YAKANKI'I— Lat. 28° 54' N.; Long. 51° 10' E.; Elev.
A village in the Tangistan district of Ears, 8 miles west-north-west of Ab
ram at the northern end of the Kuh-i-Mund. It contains 40 houses and
grows crops of wheat, barley, dates, and water-melons. Charcoal and
firewood from the hills are exported in considerable quantities.— [Persian
Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
YAKILABAD—
A village in Kirman, 103 miles from the town of that name, on the road
to Yazd. It contains 5 houses and has a qandt of sweet water.— [Wood,
1899.)
< A village in the province of Ears, situated in the Kalilak plain, about a
mile east of the road from Shiraz to Dehi-i-Nau, 12 miles from the latter.
Rations for 2 squadrons available here in September.— [Rowe, 1906.)
VALl— Lat. 27° 50' N.; Long. 51° 57' E.; Elev.
A village on the coast of the Dashti district of Ears, 3 miles west of
Laiyir, and standing on a small, rocky point of low cliff, on which is a
high, round tower visible for 10 or 11 miles. The village contains 25
houses and there is a high, round tower and boat harbour inside some
rocks. The Darang hills come close down to the shore here. Good water
is obtainable from springs. A vessel may lie in 6 to 8 fathoms less than
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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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