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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [296v] (597/1278)
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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290
DIL—DIN
DILKHIJN— Lat. Long. Elev. 7,260'.
A village in Ears, situated on the banks of a small confluent of the Shul
stream, 15 miles by road south-west of Khani Man. It is built on a hill
side and contains 50 large houses. The habitations rise in tiers one above
the other. The village is inhabited by Lurs, who are subject to the Gover
nor of Khani Man. Water and supplies are plentiful here, but the camping-
ground is limited.— [Durand — Vaughan, 1890.)
DIL VAR—
The Customs post has been abolished, 1910.-—{Official) It was there
in 1913 (June) when the navy punished the Tangistanis, and sacked Dilvar.
DlMEH—
A valley in the Zard Kuh, in the Chehar Mahal district west of Isfahan,
in which there are Bakhtiari encampments. It is watered by the Zindeh
Rud. Near one of the encampments is a large pool, about 30 yards square
and 7 deep in the centre. It is enclosed by a low stone wall on three sides
and by a rocky hill on the fourth ; on the hill also are the ruins of stone
buildings. All this stone work is rude to the last degree ; yet the people
cherish the tradition of some king unknown, who made his pleasure place
here. The pool abounds with fish. A branch of the Zindeh Rud has
its rise here. It breaks away from the pool in a stream 5 yards broad
by 3 feet deep, and joins the river at a short distance. There is a fort near
here {1881).—{Stack.)
DIN— Lat. Long. Elev. 1,400'.
A
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
in Laristan, 42£ miles from Lingeh on the road to Bastak.
It stands on open ground sufficient to accommodate two battalions of
infantry, and is supplied with water from a birfah and from pools in a water
course close by.— {Vaughan, December 1887.)
DINA or KUH-I-DINA— Lat. Long. Elev.
A mountain range in Ears, about north-north-east from Shiraz. It
has several peaks, and consequently varying elevations. That of one
ascended by Durand in 1878 is about 14,900 feet. Mists and rain upon
the summit prevented the position of places below being fixed. Ascent
was made with much difficulty, owing to the steep slopes of shingle which
have to be surmounted. A camp should be made on the top, in order to
explore properly. A great number of sweet and strong-smelling herbs
are found on this mountain, the ascent of which is asserted by the natives,
to cause sleep ; hence many Rip Van Winkle stories of persons who have
been thus overpowered. Cakes of dried buttermilk are eaten by the natives
to counteract the effect of these plants. Snakes are found on the summit.
Many ruined villages in the valley below.—(Zhmmd.)
Bell gives maximum height at 13,000 feet. This range extends along
the Isfahan-Behbehan road {via Ardal) from Falard to Khurra, a distance
of about 83 miles.— {Bell.)
DINAR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A range in the Pusht-i-Kuh of Luristan, to the north-east of the De
Bala Dizful road, between the stages of Beharu and Tumtuma.— (Rwrton,
1897.)
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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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