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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [66r] (136/722)
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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This route by Chah-i-Sajak was the ancient highway and caravan route
between Persia and India. It has, however, long been deserted, owing to
the predatory habits of the tribes around.— (Bellew.)
CHAH-I-SHlRlN—L at. U° 32' O', Long. 57" 16' 30"; Elev.
(Stewart ).
A well of sweet water in the desert of Khurasan, about 15 miles from the
villages of Dih-i-Nau Band, and a mile or so east of the road from Tabbas
to Turshiz.— (Gill.)
CHAH-I-SHUR*— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A stage in Khurasan on the road from Tabbas to Sabzawar. The water
here is bad, and no supplies are procurable.— (MacGregor.)
CHAII-I-SIYAH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A stage in Khurasan, 56 miles from Sultanabad (Turslnz), on the road to
Nishapur.— (MacGregor.)
CHAH-I-ZAGHtJDA— Lat. 35° 47 0", Long. 56° 32' 0"; Elev.
(Napier.)
A stage in Khurasan, 88 miles from Shahrud, on the road to Turshiz. There
is a well here of doubt,ful water, situated a short distance off the road to the
south. No supplies are obtainable except firewood.— -(Taylorl)
CHAH-I-ZALU—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A stage in Khurasan, 32 miles from Nih, on the road to Tabbas. It is
situated between hills, and has water and supplies.— (MacGregor.)
CHAH-I-ZARD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A halting place in Khurasan between Tabbas and Tehran, six stages from
the latter place; water scarce.— (MacGregor.)
CHAH-JAM— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A halting place for caravans on the direct road from Shahrud to Yazd via
Khur; also on road from Samnan to Khaf in Khurasan. It is 120 miles
from Samnan and 60 from Shahrud; has no inhabitants, but possesses three
w ? ells of good water. Water is procurable by sinking wells 12 feet deep
through soft soil. Fuel and grass procurable in the neighbourhood.— (C. E.
Stewart.)
CHAH MIHJI—-Lat. 33° 28' 30", Long. 55 q 53' O'; Elev.
( Walker).
A halting place in the desert of Khurasan on the road between Khur and
Tabbas. There is a well here 150 feet deep, but the water is very salt.
There is fuel in abundance in the vicinity.— (MacGregor, Stewart.)
CHAH MTJLLAH— Lat. , Long. ^ ; Elev.
A spring of good water in South-Eastern Khurasan ; mentioned by Colonel
Stewart^ as having been visited by him when travelling from Disq to
Nakab on the Afghan frontier, near the fort of Yazdun.— (Stewart.)
CHAH NfLA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A halting place in Khurasan, about 51 miles from Khaf, on the road to
Sabzawar (Afghanistan). Good water, but no supplies obtainable.— (Jikc-
Gregor.)
CHAH PALANG— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A halting place in the Great Salt Desert of Khurasan, south of Janduk, on
the road from Damghan to Yazd.
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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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