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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [159r] (322/722)
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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KtiH-I-NAMUMKIN*—L a.t. , Long. ; Elev.
A mountain overlooking the Tang-i-Shikasta defile in Khurasan.— (Mac
Gregor.)
KClH-I-NASTANGI— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A range of hills in Khurasan to the north-west of Tabas. Its direction is
for some distance nearly parallel with the Shutari range, from which
they are about 23 miles distant. The highest peaks are probably about
8,000 feet high.— (Stewart.)
KtJH-I-NAZlR— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A range m Khurasan, which meets the Kuh-i-Boras at the Gtidar-i-Baidar.—-
(MacGregor, Rozario.)
KLH INDULABAD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A low range two days’ march east of Mashhad, two miles beyond the
village of Kanibist.— (MacGregor.)
KtH-I-NlSHAPtJB— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A range in Khurasan, which divides the valley of Kuchan from the valleys
of Mshapur and Sabzawar. Its western base is studded with flourishing
villages and gardens.— (Bellew, Petrmevdch.)
KtJH INTAZA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A mountain in Khurasan, bearing north from Lasgird.— (Rozario.)
KtJ H-I-PRA1S —
See “ Kuh-i-Mashhad.”
KIJH-I-RUDKAN— Lat. , Long. ^ ; Elev.
A chain of mountains in northern Khurasan. From a detached spur of it,
4 or 5 miles north-east of Gunabad, issues the Chashma Gilas.— (Napier.)
KTJH-I-SA-I-JAM— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A range in Khurasan, which ends abruptly just south of Mashhad, being
continued by the Kuh Mihrabad.— (MacGregor.)
K LH-I-SALAMf—L at. , Long. ; Elev.
A hill in Khurasan, 12 miles to the south of Mashhad, from which the
first view of the holy city is obtained. The hills in the vicinity are said to
be rich in unworked mines of various minerals.— (Goldsmid.)
KtJH-I-SALIKJ— Lat. 37° 18' O' 7 , Long. 57° 15' 0"; Elev.
A fine snowy mountain or range of mountains, running east and west
about 10 miles to the south of Bujnurd, and enclosing the Shanghan
valley on the south.— (i/ac Gregor, Napier.)
KldH-I-SANG-I-DUKHTAR§— Lat. , Long. ^ J Elev '.
A ran we of hills in Khurasan to the north-west of Ghurian, said to be a
spur of the range crossed between Ghurian and Khaf. Napier says the name
only applies to an isolated hill south of the above spur.— (Mac Greg or, Napier.)
KtJ H-I-S AN G K1LLAHAR— Lat. , Long. 5 e ^ev
A mountain in Khurasan crossed by the road from Nishapur to Sabzawar
18 miles before reaching Zafarani. Ascent to the watershed, easy and
smooth. Pass, 6 miles long. Range, composed of red sand and limestone.
— (Rozario.)
* The “ Impossible Hill.”
f The “ Hill of Salutation.”
t The “ Mountain of the Devotee.”
§ The “ Hill of the Maiden’s Blood.”
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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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