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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [84v] (173/722)
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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DOOHAHI GUDAR— L\t. ^ , Long. ; Elev.
A halting 1 place in Eastern Khurasan, on the road from Ktiaf to Sabzawar
(Afghanistan), about 8J miles from the former place. Water here, but no
supplies.— [MacGregor.)
PODIH —La.t. , Long. ^ ; Elev.
A village in Sistan inhabited by Sarbandis.— [Napier, Bellew.)
DOGHABaD(?) or DLGNABAD(?)— Lat. ^ , Long. ; Elev.
A cluster of villages in the Mahawalah buluk in the north-east of the
Turbat-i-Haidari district of Khurasan.— [Bellew)
DOGHDI.
A branch of Yamiit Turkmans dwelling between the Gurgan and Atrak
rivers. They have 2,21)0 tents, and are subdivided as follows :—
Evdek.
Mind.
Khivali.
(rhirai.
Onchmak.
Chukvash.—( Thomson.)
DOKTJH —Lit. , Long. ; Elev.
The termination of the Armiajandanah range in the Shahrud district. It
abounds with crude plaster-of-Paris called by the natives gutch .—
[Rozario)
DOLABAD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village fort in the Nash* Burs range in the Turbat-i-Haidari district of
Khurasan.— [Rozurio)
donLk.
A name given to the Persians on the northern border who have intermarried
with Turkmans. They, as a rule, occupy the villages in the tract of
country lying between the Akhal region and the districts of Bujnurd,
Kuchan, and Chinaran, and are not to be trusted as loyal Persian subjects.
They are in the habit of giving information to the Turkmans, and of con
niving at their excursions and raids into Persian territory.-— [Thomson.)
DORI— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. ' .
A single house at the west entrance of the Gudar-i-Mian pass in Khurasan.
It is situated in a stony w 7 aste surrounded by an amphitheatre of hills.
There are a few supplies, and the water is salt ; but there is fresh water
procurable at a spring 3 miles off.— [MacGregor.)
DOROKSH —Lat. , Long. •, Elev. , .
An oasis, with a large village and supplies, in the Tirkuh subdivision of the
Kam district of Khurasan. It is famous for the manufacture of carpets.
There are 20 looms at work. The carpets are largely exported, and fetch
high prices. They are of very beautiful workmanship.— [MacGregor,
Bellew)
DORUH —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A range of hills in the south part of the Sum Khana district of Eastern
Khurasan, connected with the Kuh Gazfk.— [MacGregor)
DOSHAK— Lat. 37° 9' 0", Long. 57 0 39' 0" ; Elev. ' • ^
A ruined village in the plain north of the rocky enclosure of Kalat-i-
Nadfri, Khurasan. About 200 families of Turkmans from Marv sow the
fields about here during the proper season. This and Mehna are the only
two points on the road from Lutfabad to Sarakhs, where, according to
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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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