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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [5r] (14/820)
The record is made up of 1 volume (396 folios). It was created in 1910. 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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[Confidential ]
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GAZETTEER
OF
PERSIA
Volume. I.
A
’AABDAI— ~
A small village in Khorasan, 17 miles from Sabzawar on the road to the
turquoise mines. Water good. Supplies procurable in small quantities.
— {G. E. Yate.) 4
ABABADEH—
A village, a little over two hours’ march from Damghan, on the road to
Tehran in the sub-division of Damghan, district Shahrud-Bustam, province
' Khorasan.— (Bellew.)
ABAR—
A village on the road from Bust am to Jajarm, lying close to Eharaqan,
12 miles from Khij.— {Schindler.)
ABARDEH—
A village in the SLandiz sub-division of the Meshed district of Khorasan,
about 5 miles from Nughundar, 7 miles from Kang and 12 miles from
Gulmakan.
The village is situated on the Zushk stream and is divided into two parts,
nearly a mile apart, called Abardeh Bala and Abardeh Pain (Ujp;r Abardeh
and Lower Abardeh). The former contains about 250 and the latter about
150 houses. Elevation of Abardeh Bala 4,500 feet. Abardeh is said to
have been the native place of the famous and well-known Shaikh Baha-ud-
Dln ’Umar.— {C. E. Yate\ Mania Bdkhslnd)
ABARl, ABRl or ABlARl—
A village in Sabzawar, northern Khorasan, 4 miles from the town of that:
name, on the road thence to Shahrud. Close to it is Khusrii Gird (<7.0.)»
a lofty mindr standing in a field by itself.— {Bellew!)
ABARKUH—
A range of mountains in Khorasan, lying east of Astarabad and the Shah»
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The item is Volume I of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1910 edition).
The volume covers the provinces of Astarabad, Shahrud-Bustam, and Khorasan, or such part of them as lies within the following boundaries: on the north the Russo-Persian boundary; on the east the Perso-Afghan boundary; on the south and south-west, a line drawn from the Afghan boundary west through Gazik to Birjand, and the road from Birjand to Kirman, and from Kirman to Yazd; and on the west the road from Yazd to Damghan and thence to Ashraf.
The gazetteer includes entries on villages, towns, administrative divisions, districts, provinces, tribes, halting-places, religious sects, mountains, hills, streams, rivers, springs, wells, dams, passes, islands and bays. The entries provide details of latitude, longitude, and elevation for some places, and information on history, communications, agriculture, produce, population, health, water supply, topography, military intelligence, coastal features, ethnography, trade, economy, administration and political matters.
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 contains an index map (from a later edition of the Gazetteer of Persia ), dated January 1917, on folio 397.
The volume also contains a glossary (folios 393-394); and note on weights and measures (folios 394v-395).
Prepared by the General Staff Headquarters, India.
Printed at the Government Monotype Press, India.
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- 1 volume (396 folios)
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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 398; 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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:105v, 105ar:105av, 106r:180v, 180ar:180av, 181r:185v, 185ar:185av, 186r:195v, 195ar:195av, 196r:196v, 196ar:196av, 197r:232v, 232ar:232av, 233r:305v, 305ar:305av, 306r:334v, 334ar:334av, 335r:357v, 357ar:357av, 358r:365v, 365ar:365av, 366r:396v, back-i
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