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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [82r] (168/722)
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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DELtf -CHAM-SH Xj R—Lat. ^ , Long. ; Klkv.
A river in Khurasan, between Afzalabad and Birjand, through which a very
rapid, though not very copious, stream of drinkable water flows.— {Mac
Gregor.)
DEN SAFE 0—La.t. , Long. ; Elev.
A ruined hill fortress in Mazandaran, between Sarbandan and Sbergan, on
the road from Tehran to Barfrush. It is situated immediately above a
narrow gorge defended by a stone wall; the remains of which, and of a gate
way, are still visible. There are a few patches of barley about.— {Todd.)
DEREH— Lat. /Long. ; Elev. ^
A halting-place in Northern Khurasan, about 40 miles west of Bujnurd, on
the road to Astarabad via Nardin.— {Thomson.)
DEVEH BOYANI— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A pass in the Dam-an-i-Kuh leading to Ak-Tapa and Kara Khan from
Kifan and Khush-Khana. This is one of the numerous defiles by which the
Turkmans raid on Persian territory.— {Thomson.)
DEZATN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A large village in the Kuhsar huiuh of Astarabad. It consists of about
1,000 houses.— {Napier.)
DM AN KALAM— Lat. ,Long. ^ ; Elev. ' •
A small hamlet in Khurasan, 4 miles from Kasimabad, on the road to Khaf.
This hamlet has only lately been built.— {Stewart.)
DHAZIAN —Lat. , Long. ; Elev. /.
One of the three hamlets that compose the prosperous village of Giebar in
the Shahrud district. It has about 400 houses.— {Stewart.)
DHEJA —Lai. , Long. ^ ; Elev.
n ame given to one of the mouths of the Kalat stivam m Northern Khu
rasan immediately below the Khisht hill. I here are a lot of pistachio
trees about this mouth, from which pistachio nuts and kasamba are obtained.
There are signs of the existence of a copper mine close to this place; but
no experiment has been made.— {l)aud Khan.)
DHTJK— Lat. , Long. ; Elev •
r [ v [ie fourth stage on the road from Birjand to Tabbas, about 120 miles fiom
the former town.— {MacGregor.)
DIG-I-RTJSTAM— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. ' .
A hot spring in Khurasan, 6 miles out in the desert, from Naiband.—
{Stewart.) ,
DXH Lat. , Long. ; Elev. ^ •
A village in Kurdish Khurasan, about 8 miles from Radkan, on the road to
Pavil.— {Napier.) /
DIH AFGHAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev •
A square, strong little fort in Sistan, with a look-out^ tower and loopholed
walls, surrounded by hut settlements of the Tokhi Glnlzais and other
Afghans. The fort itself is garrisoned by Persian Sarbaz. It is situated
about 2 miles south of Bolaz on the road from Bandar.— {Beltew.)
DTT-T AGHAT Lat > Long. ; Elev. •
A village in Sistan, the property of Ibrahim Khan, Chief of Chokansur.—
{Bellcw, Napier.)
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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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