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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [9v] (23/722)
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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AB-I-GARM— Tjat. , Long. • Klev. / .
A stage in Khurasan, about 28 miles from Mashhad, on the road to
Kalat by Chacha. There is an old rubat of Shah Abbas here, and fuel
and forage in abundance.— [MacGregor.)
AB-I-GARM— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A stage in Khurasan, on the road from Naiband [via Tun) to Mashhad,
30 miles from the first and 289 from the last. Supplies few; water
plentiful, but very slightly brackish.— [Stewart.)
AB-I-GAWAND— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A small spring of water in Eastern Khurasan, 19 miles from Yazdun
and 39 from Ghurian, south-west of Revit.—[Stewart.)
AB-I-GUNDA-KTJH —Lat. , Long. • Elev. '
A large pool of fresh water in the district of Kain, Khurasan, 17 miles
from Husainabad, on the road to BiYjand. It is fed by a strong sprin«-
situated at the entrance of a gully in the hills. There are the ruins of
an old post-house here and a few bannah trees.— [Bellew.)
AB-I-HERAT—Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A stream on the border of Eastern Khurasan joined by the Kashaf
Rud at Pul-i-Khatun.— [Najsier.)
AB-I-INCHA Lat. , Long. • Elev.
A river in Northern Khurasan flowing into the Atrak river from the
south.— [Intelligence Department, War Office.)
AB-I-KALAT— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A stream in Khurasan running northwards through the natural fortress
Kalat-i-Nadin to the Atak. Its width, 20 miles above the hill skirt, is
l.v to !4 feet, with an average depth of 2 £ feet and a swift current, a
sufficient stream to irrigate a large stretch of cornland. After flowing
through the Atak for several miles, it waters the village of Chahardeh,
reoccupied by the Persians in about 1873.— [Napier.)
A B -1 - K HTJ R —-Lat . , Long. • Elev.
A liver in Khurasan, having its source near the village of Khur, some 35 miles
north-east of Mashhad. On its banks are two or three villages known
collectively as Chacha, reoecupied since 1872 and in 1874, having a popu-
Jation of 100 families taken from Kalat and Mashhad.—(iVa^V )
AM-KOKAI-Lat. 37° 55' O', Lohg. 56» 32' V.-(Intelligence Depart,
ment, War Office.) 1
A river in Northern Khurasan which flows into the Atrak. Its waters are
salt.— [Intelligence Department, War Office.)
AB I-MARTJSK —Lat. , Long. ; Elev '
A stream in the Mshapur district of Khurasan flowing south in the country
of the Amarlu Kurds, and eventually joining the Shfztrazk.—(jWgr.)
AB-I-MASHHAD-Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
nver in Isorthein Khurasan, also called the Kara-Su, flowing south-east
by east, and crossed about 10 miles from Mashhad between the villages of
Kamgosha and Kala Aulang by a deep ford. The road to Sarakhs follows its
. course for some tlme ab out the 30th mile out from Mashhad.—(JfacGWr.)
AB-I-MIHNA— Lat. ^ , Long. ; Elev.
A river or stream in Khurasan, having its rise near the village of Wardih,
t tfi 11 n ° win S north to the Atak. Its valley lies
m the chiefslnp of Kalat-i-^adm.—
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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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