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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [384v] (773/1278)
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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378
GUL—GUL
marks the second stage from Shushtar (53 miles) on that branch of the
Bakhtiari caravan road. It is surrounded by a certain amount of culti
vation. Fair supplies are obtainable, but the water, which runs in a
stream of brackish water, is scarcely drinkable owing to pollution from the
village. It bleongs to Darab Khan of the Chehar Lang Bakhtiari. 260,000
lbs. of grain and 390 lbs. of rice are sown yearly dependent on the rainfall.
The village pays 900 krdns taxes and owns 100 pairs of plough oxen and
80 horses. Population, 320.
In April the thermometer registered 62°, the barometer 28’5".
(Report of a journey through the Bakhtidrl country to Shushtar — Arhuthnot,
1905.)
GULGUL (1)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A mountain slope in the Pish Kuh of Luristan, 7 miles from the crossing
of the Madian river on the road to Deh Bala. There are some large camps
of Lurs by the road-side ; kdrlz streams and some little cultivation ; large
flocks and herds. About a mile farther on some stone fortifications crown
the adjacent low mounds and hills, with a large camp of the Amrai Lurs near.
Paths diverge from Gulgul to Hulilan, Khava, and Alishtar.— (Burton,
September 1897.)
GULGUL (2)— Lat. 33° 32' N. ; Long. 46° 17' E. ; Elev. 3,776'.
A valley in the Pusht-i-Kuh of Luristan, 15 miles south of Deh Bala,
on the road to Dizful. There is a stream down a fair area of cultivation
stretches. Camp room is available with abundant wood and water. The
grazing on the mountain sides is good or bad according to the time of year.
Supplies are dependent on whether crops are standing and on the presence
of flocks.— (Burton, September 1897.)
GUL-I-BAHAR—
A range of hills, just north of the Safid Kuh. It bounds the Barbarud
plateau on the south, half-way between Isfahan and Burujird.— (Schindler.)
GULISTAN— Lat. 27° 10' N.; Long 56° 16' E.
A hamlet of 3 or 4 houses and a large date grove in the Shamil district,
7| miles west of Bandar ’Abbas, on the road to Lar. A few wells in the
grove contain fresh water. No supplies. About 300 date trees. Live-stock
are : 8 donkeys, 20 cattle, 100 sheep and goats.— (Butcher, 1888—Sher
Jang, 1902—Wilson and Cruickshank, 1907.)
GULNABAD—
A village in Kirman, about 92 miles from the town of that name, on the
road to Yazd. It contains about 15 houses and has 2 qandts of sweet water.
—(Wood, 1899.)
GUL SAFlD (GARDAN-I-)— Lat. Long. Elev. 6,700'.
A pass in the Pusht-i-Kuh district of the Bakhtiari country over Kuh
Bazgaran, a spur of the Sabz Kuh. It is crossed on the 6th stage from
Isfahan at the 97th mile by the Bakhtiari caravan road.— (Morton, 1905 —
Arbuthnot, 1905.)
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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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