'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.'
- Date:
- 1910/1910
- Description:
- Abstract: The item is Volume III of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia(1910 edition).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 gazetteer includes entries on villages, towns, administrative divisions, districts, provinces, tribes, halting-places, religious sects, mountains, hills, streams, rivers, springs, wells, dams, passes, islands and bays. The entries provide details of latitude, longitude, and elevation for some places, and information on history, communications, agriculture, produce, population, health, water supply, topography, climate, military intelligence, coastal features, ethnography, trade, economy, administration and political matters.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 contains an index map, dated July 1909, on folio 488.The volume also contains a glossary (folios 481-486).Compiled in the Division of the Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India.Printed at the Government Monotype Press, India.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 489; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Gazetteers
- Geographic region:
- Persia
- Publisher:
- Publisher: Government Monotype Press, Simla, publishers
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100025472705.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100025472705.0x000001_en
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