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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [64r] (132/722)
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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The Persian Government by their ill-treatment of the nomads settled on
their border have alienated all the Taimuris from their government ; and
this tribe would undoubtedly welcome and make common cause with any
invader; even the hated Afghan.
Jamshidis ,—
Are the next Aimak tribe. Their head-quarters are at Kushk, 40 miles
north of Herat. They are a powerful tribe, originally of Persian origin ;
but through continual contact with the Turkmans have lost nearly all trace
of their Persian origin.
They consist of about 5,000 families under Yalantash Khan. They have
much political influence, and have had a good deal to say to Afghan affairs
through their able chief, Khan Agha, who was in high favour with both
Yakub Khan and Ayub Khan during their respective governorships of
Herat.
About 500 families-of the Jamshedfs settled in Persia, most of them being
at Khan-i-Hist, near Mashhad. They are divided into two subdivisions*
the Jamshedi subdivision, Zulficar Khan being chief, and the ftaoti subdi
visions, of which Hap Muhammad Amin Khan is chief.
The Jamshidis have many horsemen, and their cavalry is considered very good.
Firuz Kuhi .—
This Aimak tribe now occupies the mountain country from Kala-Nau
almost to Maimana. The present chief is Bahrain Khan. Kadis or Gadis
is the chief seat of the tribe; Bahrain Khan being chief of this porion of the
country as well as of the whole tribe.
Chakcharan is another Firuz Kuhi place. The local chief is Muhammad
Khan, and he has about 1,0U0 families who follow him.
There are two or three other sections of this tribebut they are too far off
the Persian border to be of importance in this work.
The Firuz Kuhis are of Persian origin, having come, it is said, from Firuz
Kuh in the Alburz mountains, not far from Damavand.
Tatmuni .—
Less is known of this tribe of Aimaks than of the others.
They are said to number 17,000 families,.and are the most numerous of all
the Aimak tribes. Their chief place is Tiwara, south-east of Herat, where
the chief of the whole tribe, Anbia Khan, resides. They are said to be
very unciv’ilized.
The Taimuni are also said to be not of Persian but of Turanian origin.
A larger proportion of this tribe have settled habitations than the other
Aimaks, and only a portion are nomads.
The other Aimak tribes, Hazara and Kipchak, are too far away from the
Persian border to need mention in detail.— {Stewart.)
CHAHAR BAGH*— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. 7,100 _
A village in Astarabad, about 25 miles from Shahrud, situated in a glen to
the west of the road from Shahrud to Astarabad by the Chalchalian pass.
There is good water here and pasturage. Fuel is scarce, and no grain is
obtainable.— {Napier, Lovett.)
CHAHAR-DEH— Lat. , Long. ,* Elev.
A small village in Khurasan, 10 miles from Tabbas, on the road to Khur. It
contained only 50 houses in 1875, having suffered much from the famine
of 1871. There are gardens here and a good supply of sweet water. The
whole countrv around is composed of sand; but, thanks to the water with
* The “ Four Gardens/
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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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