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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [186r] (376/722)
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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with red bricks belonging’ to old graves, many of which are still distinctly
traceable. The low ground between the tiimuli is now hard and marked
by deep-sunk cattle tracks. Mir Alam Khan rules all that portion of Sistan
which is south of the Naizar, or Reed swamp of the Hamun. The west and
south limits of the Naizarto the left bank of the Helmand, therefore, form
the Persian boundary in this quarter.— (Bellew, MacGregor.)
NAJAF-— Lat. 37° 36' 0", Long. 57° 57' 0"; Elev. ' [Intelligence
Deportment, War Office).
A village in northern Khurasan, on the Chuila river.— [Intelligence Depart
ment, War Office.)
NAJLABAD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in northern Khurasan, 12 miles west of Zafrani, on the road to
Sabzawar. Probably the same as Khanikoii’s c ‘ Naurabad,” and Clerk’s
“ Nazulabad”.— [Bellew I)
NAKAR-KHANA— Lat. 31° 8' 0", Long. 57° 37 // O'; Elev. ' [Wal
ker) .
A lowlying plain in the desert of Lut in southern Khurasan. The lime
stone rocks here crop out on the surface in fantastic shapes resembling
mosques, minarets, towers, &c.; hence its name.— [Khanikoff.)
NAKHLAK*— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A halting-place in Khurasan, about 20 miles from Jafaru, on the road from
Yazd to Tabas. There is said to be a spring of tolerably sweet water
here.— [Gill.)
NAKID—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
One of three villages close to Kalat-i-Nadin in Khurasan, and said to
contain in 1873 three-and-fifty inhabitants.— [Baud Shah.)
NAKSHBANDI—
A sect founded in the eighth century of the Hijra by the famous Shaikh
Baha-ud-dm-Nakshband, who was born in A.H. 71»,—died and was buried
near Bukhara in 791. Nakshbandis chiefly inhabit the village of Tangar,
an ancient and modern village, 85 miles south-east of Mashhad, belonging
to their sect.— [Khanikoff)
NALSHANI, on SHONl— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.^
A valley, 20 miles long, on the border of Afghanistan towards Khurasan.
Through it the Hari Rud, after joining the Bakhari and Jam rivers, enters
this deep and narrow valley, called also the Karanki Darband. It widens
lower down to the Pul-i-Khatun. There is a post of 20 men on the Persian
bank of the river called Kala Nalshani ff. v.) .—[Petrusevitch, Napier)
NAMHIH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in the province of Astarabad, and 9 miles from the town of
Astarabad, on the road to Naudih. It contains 200 houses.— (Aa^^r.)
NAMIK— Lat. , Long. . ; Elev. _ '• .
A villao-e in the Turshiz district of Khurasan. Here m A.H. 410
was born Ahmad, the saint after whom Turbat-i-Shaikh Jam is called. •
[Khanikoff.) /
NAMlN L\t. , Long. ; Elev. .
An ol q villao’e, about 25 miles south-west of Sabzawar, in northern Khurasan.
One of a succpssion of deserted posts on the edge of the salt desert. Is now
in ruins.— [Bellew.)
# “ The Small Date Grove.”
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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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