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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎14r] (32/820)

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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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ALI—ALI
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^LliBAD (No. 2)—
A village in the Bushruleh snb-division of the Tabas district of
Khorasan, on the road from Bushruich to ’Abbasabad.— (MacGregor;
Stewart.)
’ALlABAD (No. 3)—
A village in the Turbat-i-Haidari district of Khorasan to the right of
the road between Kain and Turbat-i-Haidari, 47 miles from the former
and 24J miles from the latter. It consists of 50 houses with 140 ini abi-
tants and possesses 50 cattle ar.d 600 sheep and goats. The annual
production of wheat and barley (§ wheat and ^ barley) in ordinary
years is about 450 Indian maunds. Water-supply from a kdrlz .—
(C. Wanliss, August 1903.)
’ALlABAD (No. 4)—
A village in Khorasan in the plain or district of Bushtd-Bustam, and
one of the principal villages in the district.—(MacGregor.)
’ALIABAD (No. 5)—
A illage in the Nimbuluk sub-division of the Kain district of Eastern
Khorib an.— (Bellew.)
’ALlABAD (No. 6)— Elev. 7,300'.—(Lovett.)
A ruined village, about 10 miles from Astarabad, on the road to Sbah-
rud by the Quzluq pass. It lies at the foot of the pass, and hence the
pass is sometimes called the ’Aliabad pass. ’Allabad is now only a pasture
with a few springs, in the midst of a dreary valley.— (Khanikoff ; Napier ;
Lovett.)
»ALIABAD (No. 7)—
A village in the Kuchan district of Khorasan, 16 miles from Kuchan,
on the road to Meshed. It consists of 160 families of Jan KurbanI Kurds
who own 200 cattle, 2,000 sheep and goats, 100 horses, and 50 camels.
The normal annual production of wheat and barley amounts to <,200
and 6,300 Indian maunds respectively.—(Omwo/s^, 1894 ; Schindler.)
»ALlABAD (No. 8)— Elev. 4,182'.
\ village about half-way between Nishapur and the turquoise mines. It .
contains five families, is the property of the Malik-ut-Tujjar of Meshed, and
is situated near Kashidabad.-(H. M. Temple ; Schindler.)
ALIABAD (No. 9)—
A village in the Kuhpaieh sub-district of Shahrud-Bustam(& c /b'rcdfey.
’ALIABAD (No. 10)—
A village in the Mian Yilaiat sub-division of the Meshed district of -
Khorasan, situated on the road from Meshed to Chinaran. (Maula Bakhsh.)
’ALlAK— Elev.
f 4,100'— (Schindler.)
1 4,550'—(C. E. Yate.)
A village containing 30 families of ©aiyids situated on the road from
gabzawar to the turquoise mines, 14 miles from the former. Supplies
-scarce*— (C. E. Yate.)
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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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