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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [124v] (253/722)
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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and water, aad bounded by rugged ridges of a red stone. This valley affords I l
the most splendid grazing ground, even in July; and for this reason it is
clearly the line that should be taken by the cavalry of a force proceedino- to
the east, if other things permitted. The defile is certainly impracticable for
artillery as it stands ; but it could easily be made practicable in a few hours
as the soil of the hill is soft. The summit of the pass is called the Gardan- ^
i-Kala-i-Mmar. It abounds in strong positions, and the road is com-
pletely commanded by a very steep, rugged, impracticable ridge, which
runs along the left the whole way. The descent is gradual to the plain for 1
about 8 miles, and is quite good and practicable for artillery.— [Mac
Gregor.)
KALA-I-MlNAR*— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. 1
A village in Kurdish Khurasan, about 9 miles from Muhammadabad, on
the road to Bujnurd. It is situated about a mile to the left of the regular K
road, and contains gardens and cultivation.— [MacGregor.)
KALA-T-NAU— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, 51 miles from Turbat-i-Shaikh-i-Jam, on the road to
Herat. It has good water and some supplies.— [MacGregor.) i
KALA-I-NAU— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A square fort, about 25 miles south-east of Birjand, Khurasan, and 600 or
700 yards due south of Mud. It was formerly the residence of Mir Alam
of Kain, but is now unoccupied and in a state of decay. Under its walls is
a zirishlc, or barberry plantation, and a few cypress trees.
The fruit of the barberry is made into a preserve, and also exported in
the dry state as currants. The root of the bush is used as a yellow dye, and E
also as an astringent in diarrhoea.— [Bellew.)
KALA-I-NAU— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. ".
A village in Khurasan, 7 miles north-west of Khaf, situated on a plain
slightly encrusted with salt.— [Clerk.) : ^
K ALA-I-NAUf— Lat. 30° 47' 0", Long. 61° 37' 0"; Elev. ' ( JFalker).
Also called “ Burj-i-D6st Muhammad Khan ”—one of the principal places in
the cultivated part of Persian Sistan, containing about 1,800 houses and an
“avg,” or citadel. This is built on a high dry cliff, with precipitous sides; and
its walls are strong and well adapted for defence. It has a square tower at one
of the angles, and contains the residence of the chief and his family. It
towers high above the village disjoosed around its base, and is built on the
undulating ground, of which the highest part forms the foundation of the
“ arg/"’ A roughly constructed mud wall surrounds the village, and follows
the undulations of the ground, being nowhere of uniform height. A few
' houses are built outside the walls on the east face, and a strong species of
mantled tower crowns the rising ground, which lies beyond the town to the *
north. ^At the time of the Mission to Sistan, Kala-i-Nau was the residence
of Sharif Khan, the Nahrui chief. It is inhabited by his tribe.-— [Goldmid, 1
Bellew, Rozario.)
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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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