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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [15v] (35/722)
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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ALA-DAGH—Lat. 37° 24'G", Long. 57° ILO"; Elev. 12,300' {Napier).
A lofty rugged peak of the Alburz range in Khurasan, trending the valley
of Ispargin on one side, and throwing spurs towards the Atrak river, one
of which encircles the Bujnurd basis on the north. The name signifies
“ The piebald, - ” which is very commonly applied to mountains high enough
to retain patches of snow late into the summer. According to others the
peak is called after a fine peach. The highest peak of this mountain is
4,()(’0 feet above the level of the valley, and called Baba Buland.— [Bellew,
MacGregor, Napier.)
AL-AJAK— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A post in Khurasan, about 5 miles from Abbassabad, on the main road
from Shahrud to Nfshapur. There is a guard of 50 militia here kept up
for the protection of the road. This probably is the same village as Clerk
cads Alhak.— {Eastwiek.)
ALAM— Lat. , Long. ^ ; Elev.
A stage on the western border of Khurasan on the northern road between
Bnibanak and Nari, about 60 miles from each.— {MacGregor.)
ALAMDAR— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Sistan inhabited by the Sanjurani tribe.— {Bellew.)
ALARtT— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A small stream in Northern Khurasan flowing north-east from the Abu
Kuh, and crossed on the road from Jah Jarm to Astarabad by Naudfh at 11
miles fi’om Kanchi.— {Napier.)
ALBO RZ*—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A range of mountains in Persia, part of the great mountain system of Asia.
All authorities seem to agree that they are connected with the Paropamisan
range, the watershed of which runs south of Herat, Ghurian, Khaf, and
Turshfz, to a point on the road between Biarjun and Gond-i-Bang in Khu
rasan (which Clerk says is the highest point on the road between Shahrud
and Herat) near Bustan, whence one range runs back again north-east and
east round the north part of Khurasan, dividing it from the Atak, and even
tually dying away about Kalat-i-Nadiri; the other range goes with a
direction south-west to the peak of Damavand; it then turns west, and then
trends to north-west till turned by the Kizil Ozan river, whence one spur is
thrown west parallel to that river, and the main range turns south-west,
and, crossing Khamseh, is joined with the mountains of Ardelan, near the
sources of the Kizil Ozan river. It is quite arbitrary to attempt to lay
down exactly where a range begins and ends in eastern countries, because
ranges are never known by distinct names, till perhaps some systematic and
scientific European seizes on the name of some conspicuous peak, and names
a whole range by it.
However, one thing is certain that the Alburz, like every range in South-
West Asia, may be said to owe its origin eventually to the Pamir ; for, as
has been shown above, it is connected with the mountains of the Paro-
pamisus by a range which runs south of Mashhad and north of the Great
Salt Desert of Khurasan; and the mountains of Ardelan being connected
with those of Ararat and the Caucasus, it is clear that the Alburz may be
regarded the connecting link between the two.
iTobably from Al Burj, “ The Tower.
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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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