'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.'

Title:

'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.'

Date:

1910/1910

Description:

Abstract: The item is Volume IV of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia(1910 edition).The volume comprises that portion of Persia south and east of the Bandar Abbas-Kirman-Birjand to Gazik line, with the exception of Sistan, 'which is dealt with in the Military Report on Persian Sistan'. It also includes the islands of Qishm, Hormuz, Hanjam, Larak etc. in the Persian Gulf and the whole district of Shamil.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 323.The volume also contains a glossary (folios 313-321).Prepared by 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 324; 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

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100025472711.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100025472711.0x000001_en
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/2/3
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/2/3

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