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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [61r] (126/722)
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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bURJ Lat. j Ijong. • Elev. '
A village in Khurasan, about 54 miles from Sabzawar, on the road to Nf-
shapur by Sultan Maidan.— {MacGregor.)
BURJ-BARIN ?— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village of Khurasan, 7 miles from Tun, on the road to Nfshapur. It is
3i walled village, containing loO houses, inhabited by Persians.— {terrier.)
BtfRJ-I-AFGHAN*— Lat. 31° T'O", Long. 61° 40' 0" : Elev
{Walker).
A village of Peisian Sistan with a square mud fort having an octagonal
shaped tower in the centre. There is considerable cultivation around' this
v illage, which contains no less then ‘<£00 Afghan famahes, consisting of Deh-
Khans and Sarbandis.— {Goldsmid, Napier, Rozario.)
BTJRJ-LALAM KHAN— Lat. 30° 47' 0", Long. 61° 36'0 V ; Elev. 1,830',
{St. John).
A walled town on the eastern frontier of Persian Sistan, and the site of the
mausoleum of Alam Khan, founder of the Nahrui colony in Sistan, and of his
son Dost Muhammad. The town is built on the slope of a high clay bank that
bounds the low ground to the northward. The walls are crenellated and loop-
holed ; but, from the situation of the town, the upper portion is commanded
over the walls from the low ground to the east. The houses are crowded toge
ther in a confused jumble of domed huts, and are overlooked by the citadel
built on an eminence at the north-west angle. The town is said to shelter
four hundred families, and has a very prosperous appearance. The banks
of the canal on which it lies are here some 100 yards apart; though the deep
channel is only about 35 yards wide. Hugging the right bank, the water
flows with a rapid current. It is unfordable. The place is also known as
Kala-i-Kodun or Burj-i-Kuhma; both signifying the old fort.— {Bellew,
Goldsmid, Euan-Smith, Rozario.)
BTJRJ-I-GARM— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A stage in Khurasan on the road from Basharuya to Karman, and 73|
miles distant from the former town. There is some bad water here, but no
s u pplies.—( Mac Gregor. )
BtJR J -I-GULWARDA— Lat. 33° 3' 30", Long. 60° 27' 0" ; Elev.
( Walker).
A stage in Khurasan on the road from Bfrjand to Herat by Pahra. It is
15 miles from the village of Gazik. There is a pool of bad water,
but no houses or supplies.— {MacGregor.)
BURJ-I-GLRABt— Lat. 31° 35' 0", Long. 60° 26' 0"; Elev.
{St. John).
A pass in Persian Sistan, 20 miles from Nih, on the road to Lash in Afghan
istan ; so called from a tower built, it is said, by Nadir Shah to shelter a
garrison placed there while his troops crossed the pass. The ascent of this
pass from the east is much steeper than the descent to the elevated plain of
Nihbandan.— -{Khanikoff, St. John.)
BURJ-I-HAJl— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village of Sistan inhabited by families of the Sarbandi tribe.— {Napier.)
BURJILABAD— Lat. , Long, ; Elev.
A hamlet in Northern Khurasan on the road from Kuchan to Bujnurd, and
about 20 miles from the former town.— {MacGregor.)
* The “ Afghan Tower.”
f The “ Cupola 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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- 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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