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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [81v] (167/722)
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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DAULAT-KHANA*— Lat. , Long. ; Er.EV.
elevated plateau in Ivliurasanj about l^ niiles nortli-east of Kachan,
It is about 12 miles wide, undulating, well-cultivated, and drained east
ward bv a deep hollow, in which lie the villages of Daulat-Kliana and
Kazimabad, and six or seven other hamlets. The soil of the plateau is
excellent, and affords wheat crops in ordinary years of not less than ten or
fifteen fold. The steeper slopes of the hills also afford grazing for large '
flocks of sheep and goats.— [Napier, 1874.)
DATJTLl— Lat. 37 q 6' O'', Long. 58° 4V 20 ,/ ; Elev. 1 (Napier).
A village in Khurasan, 75 miles from Mashhad, on the road to Daraghaz.
It is a rich village, and contains a population of 400 Turks, remarkably fine
specimens of their race.— (Napier, Stewart.)
DAVlR—L at. , Long. > ; Elev.
A stream in Khurasan, flowing from the Bmaluhkut, which waters the
many fine villages of the Riwand buluh of the Nishapur district.—
(Napier.)
LAWA BURNER— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A pass in Northern Khurasan, between Kardehand Vardeh, on the Mashhad
and Daraghaz road. The road over this pass ascends easily until 150 yards
from the top, when it zigzags up to get over the crest of rock which tops
the whole ridge in a most difficult way. The descent on the north side is
not so steep, and being over earth could be improved to almostanyextent —
(MacGregor.)
DAWAND PASS— Lat. 37° 26'0", Long. 58° 32' 0" ; Elev. 3,300' (Na-
pier).
A pass on the northern and upper road from Daraghaz to Kuchan. It has
an elevation above the valley of 900 feet, and a total height of 3,300 feet.
The road is good, and might with little difficulty be made practicable for
guns; the ascent being for the most part easy. No more practicable route
than the above from the Atak of Daraghaz to the plateau, and thence to the
plain of Kuchan, exists anywhere to the east of Kuchan.— (Napier.)
DA WIN, or DIWlN—L at. , Long. ; Elev.
A village and fort in Northern Khurasan, about 24 miles from Kuchan,
on the road to Bujnurd. It has about 100 houses, and the fort is
situated on an isolated mound about 100 feet above the village; but it
is commanded to the west by a low ridge, which runs out into the valley
from the main range of the Kuran Dagh.— (MacGregor.)
DAZ.
A branch of the Chuni tribe of Yamut Turkmans. They have about 700
tents, and live between the Atrak and Gurgan rivers. They are again sub
divided into five subdivisions as follows :—•
Pankeh d
Henkek
Dort Ata Oghli
Chin Sobli
Kiizekli J
Chiefs.
C Shawenkali Khan, Chief.
i Kuch Murad Khan, Chief.—(Thomson.',
DAZLT —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village on the Shahrud plain, watered by the Shahrud river.— (Bellew.
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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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