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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [11v] (27/722)
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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AHL— Lat. 37° 30' O'', Long. 57° 33' 0"; Elev. ' [Intelligence
Department, War Office).
A village in Northern Khurasan on the Garma Khan river.— [Intelligence
Department, War Office.)
AHMADABAD— Lat. , Long. ^ ^ ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, 14 miles from Fandun, on the road to Nfshapur.—
[MacGregor,)
AHMADABAD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, Persia, 14 miles north-north-east from Sahzawar, on
the road to Nfshapur, from which it is 60 miles distant. It is situated in a
small valley.— [Gibbons.)
AHMADABAD—LaT. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in Khurasan, comprised in the Mahwilat, lying north-west of
Abdulabad, and near Turshiz.— [Rozario.)
AHMTJLI —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A low ridge in the Alburz mountains north of Kuchan in Khurasan, which
may be considered as the watershed of the very intricate network of hills
that characterizes this portion of the range. It is crossed by a good road,
12| miles north of Kabrfshan, and near Imamguli.— [Napier.)
AHTJBAM— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, on the road from Yazd to Nfshapur by Badar
Askan, from which it is 11 miles distant. It has gardens and cultivation.—
[Gill.)
AHWAND^— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A high peak of the Gandak range in Khurasan It is seen from Dik-Mulla,
and about 35 miles south of Shahrud.— [Bellew, Rozario.)
AIAZ, or AIASK— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A small walled village in Khurasan, 16 miles from Tun, on the road to
Bfrjand. It is in the Alghur division of the Ghain district. There is good
water here. It contains about 500 houses inhabited by Persians.— [Ferrier,
MacGregor, Bellew.)
AIDARVISH.
A branch of the Goklan tribe of Turkmans [q.vl); they inhabit the left
bank of the river Gurgan chiefly.— [Thomson.)
AIUBI —Lat. • Long. ;Eliv.
A spring of water and halting place without inhabitants, 37 miles from
Bui Khaf, on the road to Ghurian, on the border of Eastern Khurasan.—
[Stewart.)
AJKUI— Lat. , Long. •, Elev. '
Also called Ajcha, on the border of Khurasan, is the one spot on the road
of 37 miles between Kara Chacha and Sarakhs, on which, according to
Lessar, water is to be found.— [Stewart.)
AK.
A branch of the Chuliani Yamut tribe of Turkmans, encamping chieflv
between the Atrak and Gurgan rivers. It is divided into eight sections
under Musa Khan, who receives 1,000 tumans from the Russians.
AKA HASAN NAZIR —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A stage in Khurasan, 36 miles from Sabzawar, on the road to
Water plentiful.— [MacGregor.)
Turshfz.
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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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