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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [47r] (98/722)
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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profitable service is also very efficiently performed^ though it has hitherto
had little effect in checking incursion into those parts.
Lastly, the Gold an are under the skirt of the Shahdillu, who aid them
when too hard pressed by their enemies, the Yamuts.
In case of very pressing need, the Bujnurd force may be reinforced from
orfcs three different directions. The
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
has the
1 U PP 01 s - right to summon the horsemen of Nardm and any
men of the Hazara Contingent who may happen to be at Mianabad.
These last were all formerly under his orders, but have now come under
the direct control of the Governor General of Khurasan. He may also
demand assistance from the Chief of the Zafraanlu. This, however, is seldom
done, and only on occasions requiring the collection of a large force, such as
the attacks on Kari-Kala in 1860 and 1869.
In minor operations it would appear that any attempt to bring the rival
tribes together is considered at least inadmissible, and thus the immense
advantage of union is lost.
The present
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
of Bujnurd, Yar Muhammad Khan, is a man of
Yar Muhammad Khan, from 10 to 45 years of age, of intemperate habits,
flkhani. an q j^tle force of character. He is, however, liberal
and just with his people, and consequently popular.
The Saham-ud-Daula, his uncle, the late
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
, was a man of so
much influence that he enjoys a better position than his power, resources,
and personal ability could have earned for him. His grandfather, Najaf
Ali Khan, died in imprisonment in Tehran. He left nine sons :—
(1) Jafir Kuli KJidn, who joined the rebellion of the Salar, and was with
him at Sabzawar, Bustan, and Mashhad. He saved himself by
timely submission, and afterwards rose to high power, and was
Governor of Astarabad till his death, which took jrlace 15 years ago.
(2) Hyder Kuli Khan, Saham-ud-Daula, a man of much note and great
influence, who was chief of the tribe for 10 years and also gover
nor of Astarabad, deceased.
(3) Yazdan Kuli Khan, father of the present
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
, deceased.
(4) Muhammad Rahim Khan, deceased.
(5) Ali Mur dan Khan, deceased.
(6) Subhdn Kuli Khan.
(7) Muhammad Kuli, Governor of Turshiz.
(8) Sher Muhammad Khan, residing at Bujnurd.
(9) Sikandar Khan, deceased.
The Ilkhanis of the Shahdillu hold their lands from the Shah under a
^ species of feudal tenure. They are exempt from
Tenure of chiefs ip. p a y inent 0 f re venue on condition of military serv
ice. They are bound to protect their own borders and to guard the passes
leading across it into the interior districts.
No revenue is taken from the people save such as the chief himself may
choose to take. The whole of the permanent body of horse and foot for
border defence being paid by assignments on the villages, and many vi -
lages being made over to the chiefs relations and adherents, he is able to
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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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