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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [39v] (83/1278)
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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AHW—AHW
34
Name.
Location.
Nature.
Remarks.
Thidiain .
4 miles east of Qraneh on
the Karun river.
2 mounds close
together on
the track of
an old canal.
Zarqan of the A1 Bu
Lahaiyah and A1 Bu
Subti sections have
huts of mud and mats
at this place.
Thinieh .
About 7 miles east-
south-east of Nasiri.
: ' . f
A gap in the
Ahwaz hills,
(q.v.) above.
The Malih begins here.
Immediately to the
north-east is ground
which is swampy in
the cold weather and
forms the head of
the Malih.
Tubaij Faris
Adjoins the Ahwaz hills
apparently to the west
of Thinieh.
A rocky hill .
See re r arks under
Tubaij Ummul-
’Azam.
Tubaji Mandjl .
Adjoins the Ahwaz hills
A stony hill or
hillock.
••
Tubaij Umm-ul-
‘Azam.
•>
Adjoining the range of
hills near Ahwaz vil
lage.
A small rocky
hill.
The outliers of the
Ahwaz hills, of which
this is one, lie more
or less parallel to the
main range.
Umm-ul-Gharai-
beh.
i ' !
-•
7 miles east by north of
- Wais.
: . -
A place with
shallow wells,
where there
are general
ly 15 to 20
households of
Hamaid Arabs
apparently
poor. The
popula t i o n
varies with
the season.
The routes from Ahwaz
and Wais toAlwanieh
unite here. After
rain there is a large
body of standing
water at this place,
which to travellers
is better kn wn as
Kunar on account of
a lagre tree which
forms a landmark.
Umm-ut-Taxfeh
;
About 11 miles north of
Thinieh adjoining Chai
Sudan.
A locality
i
A resort of Bavieh of the
A1 Bu ’Atuvi and
A1 Bu Balid sections.
Yarrat(l)
Near Buvairdeh, 5 or 6
miles ol Wais.
Do. .
Zarqan of the Bait
Muharib and other
sections are found
here. Also called
Jarrat.
Yarrat (2)
, IA
Between Thidiain and
Ahwaz.
Do. .
Visited by Zarqan of
the A1 Bu Fazil sec
tion.
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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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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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