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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [560v] (1125/1278)
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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KHA—KHA
KHASHM ZAIR KHIDHR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Tangistan district of Ears, 7 miles north of Ahram, con
taining 20 houses. The people grow wheat,‘barley and water-melons, and
collect firewood.— (
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer , 1908.)
KHASNEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village (?) 17 miles from Darab, on the road thence to Fasa, Ears.—
(Ouseley).
KHASRAJ—
A division of the Eani Lam {q.v.).
KHATREHABAD— Lat. Long. Elev. 5,000'.
See KHUSRUABAD.
KHATRU—
Between Shiraz and Arsimjan. 5 deserted houses.— (Bill, 1909.)
KHATT-I-KHUVAIN (?)— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village and rained tower, 27 miles from Muhammareh, Khuzistan, on
the road thence to Shushtar.— (Schindler.)
KHAUNEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A small mud-built village, with flat-roofed houses, in Ears, 5 hours journey
north-east of Shiraz.— (Ussher.)
KHAUR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A place in Ears, the sixth halting-place on the road from Behbehan to
Qumisheh.—( W ells. )
KHAVIZ or KHAVlZ or KHAIZ-Lat 28° 50' N. : Long. 51° 22' E.;
Elev. about 7,900'.
A place in the district of Ahram in Ears, lying just under the spurs of
Khurmuj. Being in an enclosed space, having mountains all round, it is
very hot. Thermometer was 105° here, in a tent, in the middle of Ma>.
There was a hot wind and the dust was terrible.—(Durand.)
The village of Khaviz is situated high up on the east slope of Khurmuj
perfectly enclosed among the lower underfeatures. A fine stream o f . fr esh
water flows past it, and most extensive date plantations are situated m ic
hollows of the hills around it. There is excellent grazing m ra ™ les
• about the streams and there are fair supplies. Some 50 cattle and 300 sheep.
Bhusd barley, dates and firewood. About 120 donkeys available for
transport purposes. The small village of Kashshi, about one mile distant, s
rean/an outlying part of Khaviz. There are about 200 houses m the tuo
villages. These are the only inhabited places m the valley. The gard
of Maidan on the opposite side also belong to Khaviz, but no one lives there.
KHAZ’ALl—
A canal branching off from the right bank of the Jarrahl river. The depen
dent population consists of Bam Turf settled here by the present Shaikh
of Muhammareh, who also constructed the canal Rice « gro™ as weH
as barley and wheat. The annual rice crop is estimated at ^000 Ha^im
mans. The canal is ten yards, wide at the mouth, and flows at fi
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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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