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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [50v] (105/722)
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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74,
BTJLGHUR Lat. 48' 0", Long. 59° 39' 0"; Elev ' (Nanier'
A large village in Khurasan, 35 miles north of Mashhad, and near the >•'a
from that town to Kalat-i-Nadiri.— [Napier)
BULIH, or BULAH—Lat, 31° 7'30'', Long. 61° 35' 30"- Elev
( Walker).
A walled town in Sistan. It is divided into two portions of about 100
houses each. These are occupied by Sarbandis and their dependants. The
number of inhabitants is about 1,000, who appear to live chieflv by ao-ri-
cultural pursuits. Bulih is situated in a dry sandy plain, 7 miles north 5 nf
Banjar.on the road from Narfrabad to La S h. About two mile” east „
Buhh are the extensive rums of Zahidan.— ( Goldsmid, Bellew, Napier.)
BtJLtJK —Lat. , Long. • Elev.
^, /f vl Jl a » e ^ Khurasan, 24 miles from Bujnurd, on the road to Herat —
\lVlacljregor.)
BIlLtJK-I-DARtJD—L at. , Long. ; Elev.
A buluk of the Nishapur district of Khurasan. It consists of a large vallev
m the extreme east of the district stretching from the north-east to the
south-east corner, and watered by the Darud stream. The population, 2 000
families, Ajain and Baiyat, is dependent to a great extent on the produce
ot gardens and vineyards. The revenue of the buluk is estimated at 3,000
tumans.— [Napier.) > w
BULUK-I-JANUBI—Lat. , Long. • Elev ’
A tract in the Kuchan district of Khurasan. It consists of the slopes of
the mountains m the south of the district, on which are many large villages
with gardens and vineyards and the plain at their foot. 7
Ihe limit of cultivation extends far up towards the crest of the range, and
W GeSi a Tu 0 r r b, tl 1 ®! rag ' ? ' The "PP? vilIa « es "e inhabited chiefly
ny treiaili lurks ; the lower in common with the villages in the nlain nf
Kuchan by Zafaranlu Kurds The villages in this tract number Cm 20
to 30, exclusive of many small hamlets.—(iVaa^r.)
BtJRA Lat. , Long. • Elev ’
A river in Khurasan, an affluent of the Shashdraz, which it ioins about 10
BtJRDtl, or BURDAN—Lat. , Long. • Elev y
road to^Herat'amfu' 1 ' 3 ! 1 '' 0 ^ 0t 65 i mi, es from Mashhad on the
road to Herat, and 14 miles from kalandarabad. There is good water here
from a stream running round the west and north of the village Sunnlies
lVr“;: P Ano P - The COnSi8tS 0f “ tort a„r 20 hl“
* d £ 10 sowars - [Taylor, Clerk, Hardy, Land Khdn, Khani-
BURGL-Lat. , Long. . Elev
Sab^w n5 ab ° Ut 25 mileS ^ Msl ^ on to
east of the vilho-e f 1/ t ^ rqU01s , e ™ mes are situated about 12 miles north
east ot tne village. [MacGregor s Houles in Asia.)
BHRJ—Lat 37°, 38' Long. 57° 3' 0"; Elev.
meet, War Office).
A village in Northern Khurasan on the river Chuila
ment, If ar Office.) a
[Intelligence Depart-
’[Intelligence Depart-
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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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