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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [85v] (175/722)
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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DUCHAbAD—Lat. , TiONG. ; ^
A village in Khurasan, Persia, about 30 miles from Nishapur towards
Tursluz. It is an open populous place, protected by an adjoining fort, and
distinguished for a manufacture of raw silk. [MncGregov.)
DTJDTJNA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in the Nimbuluk buluk of the district of Kam in Khurasan.
— (Btilew.)
DU-DU WAN A K*— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A rounded hill in the desert of Lut in Southern Khurasan, situated on the
first march from Dih-i-Saif on the road to Bfrjand. It is so called from an
old custom of caravan travellers to race on foot to the top of the hill; all
those who are beaten, or who are unable or unwilling to take part in the
game, being called on to pay a fine to the winner.— (Khanikoff.)
DUH A K—Lat. , Long. ; Elev. ^ '.
A large village with plenty of good water, 66 miles north of Naiband, on
the road to Tun.— [Stewart.)
DUHAK—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, 56 miles from Tabbas, on the road to Birjand. It
has good water and some supplies.— [MacGregor.)
DUJT.
A branch of the Shirif tribe of Yamut Turkmans, under the chieftainship
of Nur Yakdi Khan and Kazli Khan.
They are subdivided again as follows :—
Udek. Khivali.
Maiut. Ginn.
Ichnmk. Chubnash.
Abdal. Bogheh.
Guvganli.— (Thomson.)
DUMJI—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A steep and bad pass in Northern Khurasan between the village of Darband
in Daraghaz and Badkan. This road goes over the shoulder of the Kuh
Imarat, but is avoided by caravans on account of the difficulties of this
pass .•— ( Napier.)
DUNARZAN —Lat. , Long. ; Elev. ' .
A village in Khurasan, Persia, situated.about 2 miles from Mazfnan, under
the hills on the road from Tehran to Mashhad.— (Clerk.)
DUNGIR— Lat. 37° 39'0", Long. 57° 21'0" ; Elev. '[Intel
ligence Department, War Office).
A village in Northern Khurasan on the Garma Khan river.— [Intelligence
Department, liar Office.)
DURANGAR-I-KURDI —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A collection of four hamlets in Daraghaz, Khurasan, 27 miles from Mu-
hammadabad Dawand by the road through the Dawand Pass to Kuchau.
Each hamlet contains 20 to 25 houses. Ample supplies are procurable.
A road to Kalta Chanar and Annan in the Atak leads off north-west from
the villages up a narrow glen.— [Napier.)
DURANGAR, on DARAGHAZ— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A valley and stream in Kurdish Khurasan. The latter rises north of
* “ liun, little Runner !
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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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