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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [340v] (687/722)
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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634
early summer there is plenty of water in the Tajand. At Mahmur there is
a fine well, besides the water which comes from the Tajand. On the branch
of the river, which passes near Changal, there are larg-e pools of water and
great reeds. TheTurkumans leave this neighbourhood in the summer, as their
cattle are much troubled by the heat and insects. The branch or the Tajand,
which passes Adna Awaz, is lost in the Kara Kiim desert, near a place called
Ker Kui, at a distance of 24 hours 5 ride from Askhabad. The country where
the river ends is very heavy sand, and would be quite impassable for guns.
This part of the country is known as Manara, from a ruined minar,
or pillar, which used to be there. The Kizil Jar branch ends at a place called
Palisanthi in the desert to the eastward of the Adna Awaz branch. The
Kaehelli branch ends at a place called Musa, still more to the eastward.
The Mahmur branch goes past a place called Togul to Khurgojaz, where it
is absorbed in the Kara Kuril desert. There is very heavy sand where
these streams cease, but no marshes. The Russians, however, show a marsh
in their map published in 18b l as the end of the river. There is some
small amount of water with large reeds at Changal; but this is far away
from the swamp shown on the Russian map.— {MacGregor, Stewart,
O’ Donovan.)
TAJAND— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, lying 40 miles north-north-east across a barren
plain from Chacha and east of Kalat-i-Nadiri.— {JSajjier).
TAJAR RtFD—L at. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in Khurasan, on the road from Herat to Yazd, and 70 miles from
Khaf to the south-west. It is described as u a compact village among
hills. 55 — {Christie.)
TAKA KHANA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. 9,000k
A peak in north-east Khurasan, adjoining the Karadagh, and being the
most easterly of the peaks of the Alburz that attain any considerable
elevation.— {Napier.)
TA K HT A- I-K AT A R C H I— L at. , Long. ; Elev.
An elevated plateau in Kurdish Khurasan in the Kuchan district. It is
one of the characteristic plateaux of this section of the Alburz range. It
has a width of 5 to 8 miles, with a length of 15. The central portion is
tolerably level; and a great breadth is ploughed and sown with wheat.
With favourable rain good crops are produced, the seed returning ten, fifteen,
and twenty fold. The sides of the plain ate undulating, and rise into low,
easy hills, entirely bare of trees, as is the central portion also.— {Napier.)
TAKHTA YASHAS HI— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A plain in Khurasan, crossed between Bujnurd and Shuhan, on the road to
Jajarm. It is about 3| miles broad here.— {Napier.)
TAKHT-I-JAN—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in eastern Khurasan, 2b^ miles west of AwiT,, in the Sunikhana
district.— {Stewart.)
TAKHT-I-MlRZA* —Lat. 37° 19' 0" Long. 57° 20' O'"; Elev. lO^OO 5
{Napier).
A hill in Khurasan, 12 miles south of Bujnurd. Its highest peak is
10,000 feet. — {MacGregor.)
* The “ Prince’s Throne.
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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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