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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [117r] (238/722)
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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KAH— Ut. , Long. _ ; Elev. _ f .
A buluk of the Sabzawar district of Khurasan. It is a hilly tract to
the north-west of the district, including the south-western spurs of the
Jao-atai Juvam hills and their inferior slopes. A good deal of the soil is
trap, and consequently fertile. Cotton and silk are raised. It has eleven
principal villages.— (Napier.)
KAHDA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, about 8 miles north by east from Mashhad.—
(MacGregor.)
KAHDA— Lat. , Long. > ; Elev ;
A village in Khurasan, about 4 miles north-east of Mashhad. (Macbregoi .)
KAHE— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. .
A small village in Khurasan, close to Mazman and tlm rums of Bahman-
abad. It lies on the route between Shahrud and Sabzawar. (Khanifcoff.)
KAHKHA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. 1,108'.
A villao-e in Khurasan, said by Stewart to be 250 miles m a direct line
from Herat. It is about halfway between Astarabad and Sarakhs on the
direct route running along the north foot of the mountains; it is now in the
hands of the Russians.
KAHRlZ— Lat. 34° 48' 45", Long. 60° 46' 30" ; Elev. '•
A village on the eastern frontier of Khurasan, 30 miles from Turbat-i-
Shaikh-i-Jam on the road to Herat. It belongs to the Bakharz district and
contains about 100 houses, most of which are within the fort, though there
are some outside near a sarai. The fort is a strong place, and might make a
very decent resistance. It was much exposed to lurkuman raids ; but the
people have the reputation of being good soldiers. There are some sowars
here. The soil is very good; and Kahriz is famous for its melons.
The headman, in 1875, was Muhammad Jan, a most civil and intelligent
Ferrier savs there is good water from a small rivulet; but Khamkoffsays
he left Kahriz on account of the badness of the (MacGregor.)
KAHRlZ DAMAH— Lat. 35° 54' 27" (Lentz), Long. 59° 48' 0" ( JFal/cer );
r ^ '
Axillage in Khurasan, 29 miles from Mashhad on the road to Herat.
There is a little water here.— (Walker, Khanikoff.)
K A H chiste^ of hamlets in a glen west of Mashhad in Khurasan It hes
near Isjit in the Miradabad range. Napier notes the revenue as b / o tumans
in cash, and estimates the population at 600.
KAIKABAD— Lat. , Long. > Elev.
Ruins in Sistan.— (Bellew.)
K AIKUNLU Lat. 37° 39' 0", Long. 57° 7' 0"; Elev. •
A Tillage in northern Khurasan, 17 miles north-west of Bu^nurd on the
road to the Atak .—(Intelligence Department, B ai Office.)
K "a sect of free-thinkers in Persia, who deny everything they
by natural reason.— (Ghesneg.)
cannot prove
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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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