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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [11r] (26/722)
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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ADJI BAJAUR—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A bay of the Caspian Sea, whence the geographical frontier of Persia should
apparently run eastward along the north skirt of the Turkman cultivation.—
{MacGregor.)
AFRlS— Lat. 33° 27' 29', Long. 58° 57' 30"; Elev. '—{Lentz).
A large village in the Alghor or Arghol division of the Ghain district of
Khurasan, 41 miles from Birjand on the road to Tun, lying at the foot of an
isolated hill. The merchants of Afris trade with Bukhara. Water and
supplies are procurable.— {Wolff, MacGregor.)
AFSABAD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in Khurasan, 40 miles from Khaf and to west of the road to
Turbat-i-Haidari. — {Tavlor.)
AFZALABAD—Lat. 33° 8' 18", Long. 59° 8' O'; Elev.
{Lentz).
A village in Khurasan, 17 miles from Birjand, on the road to Tun. It has
water and some supplies.— {MacGregor.)
AF’ZALABAD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in Sistan, inhabited by mixed tribes, and Sarbandi.— {Bellew,
Napier?)
AGDASH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev,
A village in Northern Khurasan, 23 miles from Muhammadabad, in Dara-
ghaz, on the road to Mashhad by Radkan. It lies 2,000 feet below the
Allah-u-Akbar Pass.— {Napier.)
AGHA —Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in the subdivision Khaf, of the district Turbat-i-Haidari, province
Khurasan.— {Bellew.)
AGHA JAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in the subdivision of Nimbuluk, district Ghain, province
Khurasan.— {Belleiv.)
AGHA JAN KHAN— Lat. , Long ; Elev.
A village of Sistan, inhabited by Sanjuranis, on the west bank of the Hel-
mand, and 20 miles east of Nasirabad.— {Rozario, Napier.)
AGHALDAR— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. ^ '.
A small mountain village in Khurasan on the first stage from Birjand to
Tun.— {MacGregor.)
AGHA MIRZA—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village of the Alghur or Arghol subdivision, in the Ghain district of
Eastern Khurasan.— {Bellew.)
AHAK— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.^
A village in Khurasan, about 16 miles from Sabzawar, on the road to
Nishapur. The village is situated in a small plain surrounded by hills.
{MacGregor.)
AHDAHI— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A pass in Northern Khurasan, about 16 miles from Kalat-i-Nadiri, on the
road to Daraghaz. The ascent from the east is very steep, over earth-covered
slopes, for f mile. The descent to the village of Igdalik is also very steep,
and commanded by an isolated hill with scarped sides that overhangs the
river, and affords a splendid site for a fort.— {MacGregor.)
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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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- 1 volume (384 folios)
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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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