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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [132v] (269/1278)
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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BANDAR APSATAN (?)— Lat. 26° 59'; Long. 53° 17' 17"; Elev.
A bay on the coast of Laristan, Persia, between Shiyu and Nakhilu. It
affords good shelter in a north-wester, having a depth of 4| to 5 fathoms,
and in a south-easter the water is quite smooth, the wind blowing over
the land. In this bay is a small town called Tamba.— {Bruchs.)
BANDAR-BIDKHtJN (Laristan)—Approx. Lat. 27° 28'; Approx. Long.
52° 38'.
A small bay within that of Naband,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, in which small vessels
can anchor in a shimdl. Indifferent water can be obtained by digging in the
sand on a point to westward of this bay. This place is frequented by fisher
men from ’Asalu, who take fish here in large seines and keep a few boats
hauled on the point. The village of Bidkhun is about 2miles north-east anti
f mile north from the point. It consists of 15 huts, mostly of Shi’ah immi
grants from ’Asalu. On the shore of the bay opposite the village is a small
anchorage protected from the west by a sandy point and reef. The village
is nearly hidden in a grove of date and other trees, and there is a little
stream of good water used for irrigation and to turn mills. The people
grow tobacco, as well as dates and cereals, and own 10 fishing baqdrehs. The
people of ’Asalu have a favourite fishing-ground here.— {Constable — Stiffe—
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Pilot—Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
BANDAR BUSATIN (?) or BISATIN (?) (Laristan)—Lat. (west poinfc)i
26° 59' 16" ; Long. 53° 22' 54" ; Elev.
The name given to the part of Nakhilu Bay which lies to north-west of the
village of Maqam, the coast from which place bends round gradually, form
ing a little point, which is the western extremity of the bay at 5| miles from
it west by north. There are some water cisterns near this point. Vessels-
can anchor about f mile to eastward of it, sheltered from the shimdl and
other prevailing winds. Probably the same as Bandar Apsatan.—(CW-
stahle — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
BANDAR DlLAM— Lat. 30° r 50" ; Long. 50° 12 r 15" ; Elev. 15':
A small port on the coast of the Liravi district of Ears, but not forming
part of it administratively ; it is situated about 85 miles north-north-west
of Bushire and a similar distance east-north-east of the bar of the Shatt-al-
’Arab. Jurisdiction vested in the Khans of the Haiat Daub family. The
town stands upon a low coast extending north ajid south, and consist
ing of a strip of rocky land raised 10 to 15 feet above the sea-level,
with swamps behind it which run inland for several miles. Half a mile
to the south of the place is a little cultivation with some trees ; and to
the eastward is a plain containing a few villages dependent on Bandar Dilam.
A square fort stands in the middle of the town and 1J miles to the north
east is the fort of Tunub, again mentioned below, which protects the water-
supply. The houses are of sun-dried brick and one-storeyed. The population,
seems to be decreasing, as there are now about 100 unoccupied and ruinous
houses. The town is only a small trading and fishing village though at one
time it belonged to the Dutch, the remains of whose
factory
An East India Company trading post.
used to be
pointed out not many years ago. The fort is square (Lat. of highest
tower 30° 3' 14"; Long. 50° 9' 45"). Nine miles south-east—half-east of
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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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