'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [466v] (937/1278)
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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at Bushire. They own about 30 donkeys and 300 sheep and goats. The
creek is 2 fathoms deep at the entrance.— {
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
JAZIREH-I-ABRIN, vide JABRIN ISLAND.
JAZlREH-I-SHAIKH SA’D— Lat. 29° 2' N. ; Long. 50° 54' E. ; Elev.
A long, narrow island on the east side of Bushire bay. It is some 4
miles in length and forms a low plain covered in places with coarse grass,
and is largely overflowed by the sea at the highest spring tides. It is
separated from the mainland by the Khur Kashkari. It has a small village
called Jazireh and tower at the north end ; the latter, which bears north-
north-east, 5f miles from the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
flagstaff, stands on the north
point, which is rocky and about 10 feet above the sea, being the highest
point of the island. The village is inhabited by boatmen who carry on
the traffic between Bushire and Shif. A small creek running into the
island divides the village into two parts. There is no water here except
after rain. The south end is separated from Maharraq by a channel, | a
mile broad, nearly dry at low water. Near the tower above mentioned is
the tomb of the Shaikh whence the island takes it name, and to the east
ward of this are remains of a town of some antiquity, consisting of exten
sive mounds and ancient tombs and called Bandaraga {vide also this
{Gazetteer —Bushire town).— {Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot—Persian
Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
JEHAN-BIN {AB-l-)—vide BEHISHTABAD (AB-I-).
JEHANGIRlEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A district of Laristan, situated on the coast. Its seaport is Mughu.
The villages of this district are Vaish(?), Kanan(?), Tarakimeh, and
Bastak. The people are wealthy and do not pay Government anything
beyond the usual revenue. They have about 2,000 matchlockmen.— {Pelly.)
JEHLIUM— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the Marvdasht plain in Ears. Rice is obtainable here.—•
{MacGregor.)
JEHRUM, vide JAHRUM.
JIBUR, vide BULANAS.
JlK, vide SHAIKH AB.
JlK River—
Rising in the low hills of Pusht-i-Kuh to the west of the Karkheh river,
it flows south-west and crosses the Dizful road at Jikab, or Jikau, some
30 miles west of the Karkheh fords. It is here a clear and shallow stream
of fresh water, flowing in a broad, stony bed sunk below the surrounding
plains. It conta ns tamarisk jungle, and the adjacent desert much grass.
In the winter and spring many flocks are pastured along its banks. About
10 miles south-west of Jikab it joins the Talazi river.— {Burton.)
JlKAU, vide SHAIK AB.
JILAN-I-GIRINGI— Lat. Long. Elev.
A precipitous mountain in Luristan between Valmian and Cham-i-Gaz,
crossed on the eastern road from Khurramabad to Dizful.— {Schindler.)
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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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