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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [183v] (371/722)
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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of the Hari Rud, which it joins about 5 miles north-west of Juman Agha.
— [Taylor, Napier, Stewart.)
MUJAFARABAD—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, to the right of the road from Anarbat to Turshiz,
14 miles south-east of the iormev—(Taylor.)
MUJAB PASS— Lat. 88° 13' 0", Long. 57° 30' 0' / ; Elev. ' [Napier).
A, pass over the Kuran Dagh range to the Atak. It is 84 miles by the
bridle-road from this to Bujnurd. The pass is practicable for laden mules.
— [Napier.)
MUJIN SHAHRTjD—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in the Shahrud district, about 20 miles west of Shahrud, situated
in the apes between the junction of the Shentu and Tapal spurs of the
Shah Kuh, amidst the ramifications of the lower spurs.— [Lovett.)
MU KDidM — Lat. , Long.^ ; Elev.
A frontier village of northern Khurasan in the district of daraghaz, and
on the road from Lutfabad to Abivard. It was in 1881 inhabited by
Turkumans, who live in aldjalcs, or Turkuman tents, amongst the ruins of
the Persian village.— [Stewart.)
MTJLABAD—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, miles north of Mashhad.— [MacGregor^)
MULAHABAD—Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A small village in Khurasan, about 1 mile from Kakh, on the road to
Kam. There is a pond, fed by a stream, near the village.— [Bellew.)
MULAH KALA—Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A small fort in Astarabad bay, and the nearest to the town of Astorabad
It is much frequented by native boats, which bring cargoes of salt and naph
tha from Chalakan for the Astarabad market.— [Napier.)
MULAMANAIK— Lat. 37° 13' 0", Long. 58° 28' O''; Elev.
A village in northern Khurasan, 35 miles south-east of Shinvan.— [Intelli
gence ^Department, War OJJice.)
MTJLASAN—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A spur of the Kuh-i-Gumuz in south Khurasan, diverging out first to the
northward, then converging around to meet the northern range, so as to
describe a valley of about 10 miles in width, in which is situated the military
post of Nasratabad. It is on the south-east edge of the Dasht-i-Lut.
There are groups of ten and twelve Baluchis living in these hills, where
they lead a pastoral life, and produce wool in large quantities. Fruits of
some kinds grow on these hills.— [Rozario.)
MULHAK— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, 33 miles from Khaf and to the west of the road thence
to Turbat-i-Haidari. There are gardens here, and abundant water.—
[Taylor.)
MTJMINAbAD, on NARJTJN—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A buluk of the Kam district of Khurasan. It is separated from the
Sunnikhana buluk by the Kuh Muminabad [q.v.). It is under the
charge of a ‘ zabit,' or governor, whose head-quarters are at Sardbisha.
Its principal villages are Sardbisha, Dastaghich, Ghughu, Hasanabad,
Duruh, Zulish, Shika, Bardar, Bushka, Mud a Fanud, Kan fin's, Arvvand,
Murtawang, Beja, Taka Darakht, Bahuljird, Bojd, Hajiabad, Mazrua,
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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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