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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [9r] (22/722)
The record is made up of 1 volume (384 folios). It was created in 1886-1895. 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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which in a good year yields 30 3 000 tumans (or £ 12,000), and is sent in
its raw state to Mashhad to be worked up there. There is a strong tower,
surrounded by a ditch at Abdullahabad, now fallen into a state of decay.
Water is abundant from a fine karez, likewise supplies.— [Goldsmid, JSuan-
Smith, Bellew, Rozario.)
ABDUL AH AB AD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan on the road from Tabbas to Sultanabad (Turshfz),
and 34 miles from Zangi Chah. It occupies a portion of the site of a city
called Ffruzabad, said to have been destroyed by Timur. . There are some
remains of fine brick minars of ancient mosques still standing, and the posi
tion of the ancient gateways, many miles apart, can still be traced. There
is also an ancient Zoroastrian fire temple built of small bricks, now used
as a mosque. The plain of Turshiz, in which this village stands, is very
fertile. Wherever water is brought great crops of grain are produced, and
all sorts of fruit and vegetables are plentiful and good. The Turshiz district
is celebrated for its grapes.— [Stewart.)
ABDULA KHAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
Also called Rubat Busleh, a
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
on the direct road between.
Sarakhs and Herat, about 80 miles north-west of the latter town, on
the borders of Khurasan.— [Stewart.)
ABDULLAHABAD*—Lat. 35° 23' 38", Long. 60° 14' 30"; Elev.
[Lentz). _ __ ,, , .
A village in Khurasan, Persia, 67 miles south-east from Mashhad.^ It is
situated in the midst of an open plain, 28 miles north-west of Turbat-i-
Shaikh Jami, and has gardens, cultivation, and good water.—(CAr/t, Khani -
koff.)
ABDULLAHABAD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Northern Khurasan, situated on a stream draining the Hazar
Jarib plateau to the north, about 10 miles from Shirvan, on the road to
Bujnurd.— [Napier.)
ABDULLAHABAD— Lat. , Long. ^ ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, 16 miles from Sabzawar, on the road to Tabbas.
It has good water and a few supplies.— (Mac
*?SfcI2fSSSSa- KMiS; »•
road thence to Birjand. Few supplies ; water plentiful.—(Sozam.)
^ A^tlti^place in KhurdSn, about IS^mL from Samuan, toward
Tabbas. 'There is a spring of fresh water, but no houses.—(/cmcr.)
*ttSSSBSSsa,»«.’ir-
north to the [Napier.)
place ; water bad and salt .«-(^^^^)
~ bTlhe “City of the Servant of God.”
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This volume is Volume I of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1886 edition). It was compiled for political and military reference by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Metcalfe MacGregor, Assistant Quarter Master General, in 1871, and brought up to 31 July 1885 by the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General’s Department in India. It was printed by the Government Central Branch Press, Simla, India in 1886.
The areas of Persia [Iran] covered are Astarabad, Shahrud-Bustan, Khurasan [Khorāsān], and Sistan. The boundaries of the areas covered by Volume I are as follows: the Afghan border from the River Helmand to Sarakhs in the east; and from there a line north-west to Askhabad, due west to the Atrak, which it follows to the Caspian Sea; then along the sea coast to Ashurada Island; then in a straight line to Shahrud; and from the latter south-east to Tabas hill, Sihkuha, and the Helmand, from where the river first meets the south-east border of Sistan.
The gazetteer includes entries on human settlements and buildings (forts, hamlets, villages, towns, provinces, and districts); communications (passes, roads, bridges, canals, and halting places); tribes and religious sects; and physical features (rivers, streams, springs, wells, fords, valleys, mountains, hills, plains, and bays). Entries include information on history, geography, buildings, population, ethnography, resources, trade, agriculture, and climate.
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 the following illustrations: ‘VIEW OF AK-DARBAND.’ [Mss Eur F112/376, f 12v]; ‘PLAN OF AK-KALA.’ [Mss Eur F112/376, f 14]; ‘ROUGH SKETCH OF ASTARÁBÁD, FROM AN EYE-SKETCH BY LT.-COL. BERESFORD LOVETT, R. E., 1881.’ [Mss Eur F112/376, f 24]; ‘ROUGH PLAN OF BASHRÚGAH’ [Mss Eur F112/376, f 40v]; ‘ROUGH PLAN OF BÚJNÚRD’ [Mss Eur F112/376, f 48]; and ‘BUJNURD, FROM THE S. W.’ [Mss Eur F112/376, f 49v].
It also includes the following inserted papers (folios 51 to 60): a memorandum from the Office of the Quartermaster General in India, Intelligence Branch to Lord Curzon, dated 6 December 1895, forwarding for his information ‘Corrections to Volume I of the Gazetteer of Persia’, consisting of articles on the Nishapur district of the province of Khorasan, and the Shelag river.
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The volume is arranged as follows from the front to the rear: title page; preface; list of authorities consulted; and entries listed in alphabetical order.
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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 388, 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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