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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [169v] (343/722)
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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They also continued to monopolise the turquoise trade, and prohibit
the selling of the turquoises by the raiyats to any but their own agents.
They have discontinued the despatch of all turquoises to Tihran, as well
as the cutting of them there. They now keep only the good turquoises,
and sell the inferior qualities at Mashhad. These mines may with
good arrangements be worked without a loss ; but the profit is, as can be
seen from the accompanying table, very small: —
Income.
Tumdns*
Taxes on turquoise mines ... ... ... ... 8,000
„ „ salt mine ... ... ... ... ... 1,000
(These two sums are generally paid in turquoises.)
Value of turquoises from the two or three mines kept by company ... 6,000
Profit on sale of turquoises bought from the raiyats and received in lieu
of taxes. 10,000 tumans bought and 9,000 tumans taxes ... 5,000
20,000
(Th ese last-two items, 6,000, and 5,000 tumans, are maxima; and when
ever they do not reach those figures, which is very probable, there
will be a loss.)
Expenditure.
Tumdns.
Yearly rent to government ... ... ... ... 18,000
Administration expenses ... ... ... ... 1,500
Working expenses and wages, &c., of the mines kept by the company ... 500
20,000
(“ Report on the Turquoise Mines in Khurasan.”— Schindler, 1883.)
MAGAS —Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in the Kakh buluk of the Tabas district of Khurasan.—
{Bellew.)
MAGAS, ou MAGAS-I-GILAN —Lat. 86° 36' 27", Long. 55° 25' 0" ; Eley.
4,056' (Lemm).
A flourishing village in Khurasan of 100 houses, 30 miles north-east
of Shahrud. It has plenty of water and fine trees.— {Napier, Baker, Gill.)
MAGASI— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A stage in the province of Astarabad, 32 miles from the town of Astarabad,
on the road to Samnan. It consists of extensive caves excavated in the
clayey soil, of which the side of the mountains are here composed.
They are of sufficient extent to accommodate some 20 and 30 horses. A
clear rivulet flows near at hand, and it forms a convenient bathing-place
between Miandara and Chahardih, being nearly equidistant from both.—•
{Holmes.)
MAHALLA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in the Khusk buluk of the Kain district of Khurasan.—
{Bellew.)
MAHALLA STJJAH —Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in the Kakh buluk of the Tahas district of Khurasan.— {Bellew.)
* A tuman Qs. 8d.
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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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