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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎23r] (50/1278)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (635 folios). It was created in 1924. 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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AB-I—AB-I
IT
lB-1-SABD (2)—Lat. 33° 10' N. ; Long. 48® 10' 20" E. ; Elev. 4,670'.
A rivulet in Luristan, crossed by the road between Dizful and Khurram-
abad at about three marches from the latter.— {Schindler.)
It is situated on the eastern side of the Dalich Pass, about 6 feet wide
(17th April), 117 miles from Dizful. The bordering land is swampy ; several
streams come from the hill-sides ; pasture is good ; stunted oaks grow on
the hills. Thermometer 48°, 6 a.m., 18th April.
Barometer 25° in April. {Report of a Journey through the Bakhtiun
Country to Shiishtar. — Bell.)
AB-I-SHAB—
A river in the Behbehan district of Ears, also called the fehir. It is crossed
by a ford, 76 miles from Behbehan on the road to Fehlian, wnence it is
25 miles distant.— {DeBode.)
AB-I-SHALAMZAR—
A principal source of the Ab-i-Behishtabad (q-v.).
AB-I-SHALIL, vide SHALIL (AB-I-).
AB-I-SHlRIN, or KHAIRABAD (River)—
The more northern of the two parent streams of the Hindian river {q.v )
in the plain of Zaidan. It is said to rise in a high range of mountains in
Kuhgalu country, near Kuh Siah. It flows in south-westerly diiection,
and takes its name from the ruined settlement upon its right bank a ew
miles above its junction with the Ab-i-Shur. It has several tributaries, o
which the chief are the Zuhreh and Kumbal. The water of the ri\er is
sweet and good.— {Foreign Dept. Gazetteer, 1905.)
AB-I-SHUR, or SHULISTAN RIVER—
A river in Ears, which rises in the mountains of the Mamassani tribe,
and, joined with the Ab-i-Shlrin, forms the Hindian river. The hi s
which it rises were formerly, it is stated, inhabited by a tribe ca ec > iu .
The water of the Ab-i-Shur is bitter. It has several tributaries, one of winch
the Shish Pir, which comes down from the north of Shiraz, is excee -.nig y
bitter, strongly impregnating the Ab-i-Shur, and even ahectmg t le in ian
river but not in such a degree as to make its water undrimvau e. ven a
the driest seasons, the Ab-i-Shur and the Ab-i-Shirin are both consider
able streams, with a breadth at their junction of 25 yards an a
shingly bottom.— { Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
AB-I-SHUR (2), vide RUD SHUR.
AB-I-SHUR (3)—
A large stream in Khuzistan, which enters the Karun above Lull. It is
nearly always fordable unless swollen by rain, when it becomes a f 1108 1 ^ li
petuous and dangerous torrent. The water of this stream lias a decu e 7
brackish taste. It is also called the Darav and Murdeh Ell. ( ayan .)
AB-I-SIAH, vide SABZKUH (AB-I-).
Pt. I.
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The item is Volume III, Part I: A to K of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (Provisional Edition, 1917, reprinted 1924).

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 636), 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.

Printed at the Government of India Press, Simla, 1924.

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1 volume (635 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 637; 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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