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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [498r] (1000/1278)
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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KAL—KAL
491
KALEH-I-KAlD HAIDAR— Lat. 29° 37' 8"; Long. 56° 33' 48"; Elev.
A fort in the Ganaveh district of F8rs situated on the coast between
Bandar Dllam and Bandar Rig. It consists of 12 huts, situated on a
bay with a sandy shore. It is a small place, with a fort, and has about
a hundred inhabitants, mostly weavers.— (Brucks — Colville.)
Bell, 16th June 1884, passed this place on the road from Behbehan to
Bushire, and writes :—
“ Leaving the uneven country, 2 to 3 miles from Kaleh Haidar, the
country undulates gently to the village, which is built on a low, sandy
mound close to the shore ; on the shore side it is surrounded by gardens
of melons. Wells are numerous, though the water in some of them is
brackish and used for irrigation only. A narrow bank of sand, 12 feet high,
here contitutes the coast line. The ground about the village, a sandy
clay, grows excellent crops of wheat and barley. The inhabitants possess
flocks of sheep, goats, and donkeys. ”
KALEH KALEH WAND— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Northern’ Arabistan, situated 5 miles south of Dizful, on the
east side of the Diz river. It contains 40 hou ses, a small fort, and 4
gardens, and is inhabited by Kurds, Sagvand, and Dizfulis. Its fighting
strength is 100 men, with 10 rifles. Water is obtained from the river Diz.
The people are agriculturists.— {
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
A small village, in the lower Bakhtiari country, about 1 mile east of
Bagh-i-Malik, in the midst of rice cultivation.— {Morton, 1905.)
KALEH KARA BULAGH— Lat. 28° 51' N. ; Long. 54° 14' E. ; Elev.
A fort in Ears, 7 miles east-south-east of Shish Deh in the Fasa district.
It consists of a large tower in the centre, surrounded by 4 high walls
flanked by towers. In the space between the centre tower and the walls
are 1 or 2 wells of good water. It is owned by the Qavvam-ul-Mulk
and is a sort of rallying-plaee for the black tents. When visited in 1884
there was about 400 tents of 2,000 people, owning 50 span of oxen, 5,000
sheep, and 200 donkeys here. About 200 mans of wheat and barley are
sown here annually.— {Preece.)
KALEH KAZI— Lat. Long. Elev.
A small village in Northern ’Arabistan lying between Shalghai and
Najafabad. It contains 20 houses and a small fort, and is inhabited by
Sagwand Lurs and Dizful agriculturists. It musters a fighting strength
of 50 men, with 4 rifles. Irrigation is worked from the Ab-i-Glrab.
{
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
KALEH KHUSRUABAD— Lat. 32° 15' N. ; Long. 48° 32' E.; Elev.
A village in Northern 'Arabistan, a little east of Kaleh-i-Salarabad and
less than 4 miles from Kut ’Abd-ush-Shah. It has an agricultural popula
tion of Bakhtiaris, Kurds, and Dizfulis. It contains a small fort and a
KALEH KAMISIH— Lat.
Long.
Elev. 2,500'.
KALEH KHUSHLA— Lat-
Long.
Elev.
A small fort in Kirmanshah, 5 miles north-east of Khaniqm.— {Gerard.^
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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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