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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [306v] (617/1278)
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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DUD—DUK
the present Gargar. These dykes were constructed in such a manner that
Zwo-sixths of the water flowed east, and four-sixths west of the town. Hence
the appellations of Du Dank and Chehar-Dank—
It is the ancient name of the present Gargar—also called Dudangeh.—
(Schindler.)
DU DASHTAK— Lat. 29° 27' 37" ; Long. 54° 9' E. ; Elev.
A village, 21| miles north-west of Niriz, containing about 30 houses ;
there is a moderate amount of cultivation round the village, and supplies
of wheat, barley, and chopped straw are procurable, also 200 to 300 sheep
and goats, but few cows. There is a stream of good water. During the
hot season the inhabitants vacate the village and encamp close by.— (Stotherd,
June 1893.)
DU DEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Kurbal plain, Ears ; it has 200 houses and a small serai.
There is water from springs.— (Lovett.)
DtJDU (?)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A hill in Ears, along the spurs of which goes the road between Shiraz
and Jireh, at some distance from the DalakI river.— (Durand.)
DU GUMBADAN— Lat. 30° 22' N.; Long. 50° 57' E. ; Elev. 2,730'.
A plain and a village in the Behbehan province of Ears. The village
lies about 41 miles south-east of Behbehan town. It contains a ruined
carawwserai (De Bode), a ruined mud fort with two towers (Wells) and 50
grass booths (Hopkins). The inhabitants are Persians. Water is obtained
from a small stream and many good springs. The stream is said to be
afterwards lost in marshes. The plain is overlooked by the Kuh-i-Humeh
and Kuh-i-Dil mountains. It is reported that lions used to be numerous
in the vicinity, but they appear to have been superseded by robbers, who
frequent this part of the Behbehan-Shiraz road, living in .the hills to the
south and taking toll of passing caravans whenever opportunity offers.—
—(De Bode—Wells—1881—Hopkins, 1903.)
DUGUN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A hamlet in the Khinaman district of Kirman, 38| miles west of Kirma
city.— (Sykes, 1900.)
DUHBANEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
An uninhabited spot in Ears, 16 miles south-east of Shiraz, on the road to
Easa. It is marked by several disused wells and a couple of bench trees,
a kind of wild pistachio.— (Preece, 1884.)
DUI DUN—
A small
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
in the Lingeh district, with two dry tanks, situated
18| miles from Lingeh, on the road to Bastak.— (Vaughan, December 1887.)
DUKAN-I-DAUD or DAUD DUKANI—
A range of limestone hills running down the Zuhab valley in Kirmanshah,
between Qasr-I-Shlrm and Karind. There is a curious sepulchre here
excavated in rock and supposed to be that of some king, hence the name
Dukan-i-Daud or “ David’s Shop. ”— (Taylor — Plowden.)
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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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