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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [10v] (25/722)
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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ABM— Lat. , Long. ; Eley.
A stream in Northern Khurasan, rising in the Abri Hill and crossed by the
road from Naudili to Astarabad, 18 miles from llamian. It is wide
with a gravelly bed, and is impassable at times in early summer.— {Napier.)
ABM— Lat. 36° 53' 0", Long. 55° 17' O'; Elev.
A frontier village of 300 houses in the subdivision of Kuhpaya, district
Shahrud-Bustan, province Khurasan. It lies high up on the north face
of the Khush Gylak, some 20 miles west of them. It is 15 miles from
Bustan and 2d from Astarabad, and lies in the direction of the Yamut
Turkmans, the people speaking as much Turki as Persian. Water and
good supplies obtainable.— {MacGregor, Napier.)
ABMSHMI—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A river forming part of the north-west boundary of Northern Khurasan,
and otherwise known as the Kalmura. It rises in the Al-A-Dagh range,
south-west of Bujnurd, and flows in a south-westerly direction. During
certain seasons the water comes down in high flood, while at others it has
little water. Its water is quite undrinkable, being far salter than sea water.
Stewart says it is also called Ab-i-Shur for this reason. It is crossed some
80 miles from Shahrud on the road to Sabzawar, and some 85 miles on the
road to Turslnz.
ABUL HAlAT—L at. , Long. ; Elev.
A stage on the borders of Yazd and Khurasan, on the road from Samnan to
Tabbas, 148 miles south-east of the former, 96 from the latter.
AB-UMRUTUK—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A small spring outside the borders of Khurasan, 50 miles north-east of
Yazdun, on the road to Ghurian, which lies 8 miles distant.— {Stewart.)
ABU REZAK— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
The name of one of the turquoise mines of Mhdan, a village lying 50 miles
north-east of Sabzawar, in Northern Khurasan.— {Khanikoff.)
AbUsAbAD—Lat. ,Long. ; Elev. 7 .
A small village in the Turbat-i-Haidari district of Northern Khurasan,
42 miles north-west of Rui Khaf, on the road to Turshfz. Supplies and
water procurable.— {Stewart.)
ABtJ SADl—L at. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, 5 miles from Nishapur, on the road to Mashhad,
and ^ mile to the south of the road. Lodging and supplies are obtainable
here.— {Gill.)
ABUZIR— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A lofty hill in Khurasan close to the town of Kain, which it completely
commands. On it are the ruins of strong and extensive fortifications, said
to have been built by the Gavars as a protection against the Turkmans; and
behind the hill is a natural reservoir in the rock filled with water, to the
depth of some 12 feet, in which bodies of deer and other wild animals
are constantly found drowned, having slipped in while drinking.—
smid.)
ABZAR— Lat. 38° 3U CU, Long. 57° G 7 O'; Elev. 7 {Napier.)
A pass in the Kuran-Dagh mountains, leading from Kurdish Khurasan to
the Atak, and about 80 miles north-north-west from Bujnurd. It is said
to be passable for laden mules,— {Napier.)
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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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