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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [10r] (24/722)
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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AB-I-NIk Lat. , Long. j Elev. '
A stage on the difficult road between Mazar-i-Sharif and Herat, 92 miles
from the former, in Afghanistan.— {Stewart.)
AB-I-SHUR —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A liver of Khurasan, called also the Kalmura, and Abrishmi, passed 20
miles east of Gibur, on the road from Tehran to Rui Khaf, and 3 Id miles
from Tehran.— {Stewart.)
AB-I-SUNT— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. / .
A sub-tributary of the Atrak, in the Shahrud-Bustan district, drainino' the
long high spur of the Atak chain, which forms the boundary wall of the
Atak. To its north lies the wide plateau of the Dasht, divided from the
river by low ridges. North-west and east the enclosing mountains rise to
a considerable height. It joins the Chandir, a large tributary of the Atrak,
at the Chat-i-Chandir.— {Napier.)
AB-I-TASH* Lat. , Long. ; Hlev. / .
A stream in the province of Astarabad rising above the Chalchalian pass.
In its upper course it is known as the Gadab.—( Na pier.)
AB-I-VARD, or BAYARD— Lat. 37° 29' 30", Long. 59 q 28' 30" : Elev
A village in the Atak, called Bavard by the Turkmans, on the north-west
frontier of Khurasan, and situated about midway between Kalat-i-Nadiri
and Daraghaz, 35 miles from either place. It was a large town in the time
of Nadir Shah, and remains of large brick buildings are still to be seen
in its now only extensive ruins. Up to about 1866 it was inhabited by the
Aleili Turkmans, when, quarrelling with the Governor of Daraghaz, they
went off to Khiva and only returned after some years to settle at Kahka.
The tract has a reputation for surpassing fertility. Melons grown there
are said to attain a weight of 501b and wheat to give a return of a hundred
fold. For many years the valley was uninhabited. Both Turkmans and Kurds
after settling in it found it untenable. Its rich harvests were too great a
temptation for plundering neighbours to withstand. In 1871 it was partly
re-peopled, and contained about 150 houses of Turkman subjects of Daraghaz.
It possesses ample pasture, and is watered by a fine stream, Sari-Su.
Ab-i-Vard is the name of the old Persian town, formerly the seat of the
Daraghaz Government, afterwards transferred to Kalat-i-Nadiri, as well
as of the small village to the rear inhabited by the Turkmans. There is
a fort. Good water and supplies can be obtained.— {Baker, Napier,
Stewart, MacGregor, Petrusevitch.)
ABKAL— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. / .
The first permanent Afghan village outside the boundary of Khurasan on the
road from Yazdun to Sabzawar, 12 miles west of the latter. It is large,
and water and supplies procurable.— {Stewart.)
AB-KHtf R—Lat. 31° 20' 0", Long. 57° 6 ' 0" ; Elev. ' {Stewart).
A cultivated spot in the desert of Khurasan, 2 miles east of the road from
Tabbas to Turshiz. There are no habitations here.— {Gill.)
ABRAZ PASS.— Lat. 38* 19' 0", Long. 57° 14' 0" ; Elev.
{Intelligence Department, War Office.)
A pass in Northern Khurasan leading to the Atak.— {Intelligence Depart
ment, War Office).
* The “ Stony Stream,”
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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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