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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [83r] (170/722)
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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It is a fortified village, and lias some groups of palm trees picturesquely
distributed around the enceinte.— {Khanikoff.)
BIH-I-SALM— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. ' ,
A village in Khurasan, situated in the desert of Lut, 25 miles south of
Nih, the chief place of the Nihbandan subdivision, and on the desert road
thence to Karman. It is a considerable village and celebrated for its dates.
— (K/ianikoff.)
D1H-ISF1AN—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, situated at the foot of the hills, a short distance
north-west of the village of Kakh, in the Earn district.— (Bellew.)
DmiSHK— Lat. 33° 54/ 0" N., Long. 53° 4<8' U" E.; Elev. ’ .
(St. John, MacGregor).
A small village in Khurasan on the road between Kani and Kakh,
picturesquely situated among the mountains. It is built in two portions,
which are connected by cultivation which covers the whole area of the valley
about one mile in width, extending for about 4- miles in length. There are
numbers of fine poplar trees here, and many mulberry trees. The village
contains two or three superior houses bolonging to the officials of the
subdivision ; but all the rest are of the domed-shape usual in this part of the
country.— (MacGregor.)
DIH-I-YADlS— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Northern Khurasan, 8 miles from Kala Yusaf Khan, on the
road from Daraghaz to Mashhad.— (Napier.)
DIH-l-ZAMlN or ZAMAN— Lat. , Long. y
Elev. .
A village in Khurasan, 28 miles from Kadar Askan, on the road to Sabzawar,
It has water and supplies.— (Kinneir, MacGregor.)
LI FI KAN.
A tribe of Sistanis subject to the Sarband tribe. Amongst them are found
Turk, Tatar, Uzbak, Kurd, Mozhul, and Arab families ; together with the
Tajik and Parsiwan, and stray families of the Afghan, Pathan, Hazara,
Brahui, and Baluch. The first category were probably introduced by the
Arab conquerors and the invasions of Changhiz and Iimur. J he l ajik and
Parsiwan, who are also found in all parts of Afghanistan and Baluchistan,
may represent the early Persian inhabitants of the country ; whilst the last
named are recent immigrants exiled from their own tribes by blood feuds
or other reverses of fortune. _ ,
Some of the principal divisions of the Dihkans on the present day are the
Kihka, Buzi, Sayyad, Panjalla, Sargazi, Sangbori, Sangchuli, Shekhlanji,
Karakul, Kazak, Bamari, Kawar, Bahrai, Jauri, Khushdad, &e, &c. -
(Bellew.)
DIHKHAIL— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Astarabad at the mouth of a glen on the southern slope of the
Shahwar Kuh.— (Lovett.) ,
DIH MTJHAMAD— Lat. 33° 59' 34/ / , Long. 56° 55' 45"; Elev.
A village in KMrasan, 30 miles north of Tabbas. There is an old fort here
and a new well built serai, and about forty hovels built nearly flush with
the ground with domed roofs. The water on the spot is brackish ; but good
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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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