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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [67r] (138/722)
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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CHAKAR DARAZA— Lat. } Long. Elev.
A halting place in Khurasan on the road from Bfrjand to Nasirabad (Sis-
tan). The fifth stage from the former place. The water here is brackish,
and there are no supplies.— {MacGregor.)
CHAKIR— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. \
A stage in Northern Khurasan, 24 miles from Nardm on the road to Kara-
Kala. There is a camp of the Groklan Turkmans here, and it is the residence
of Tekke Khan, one of the two principal chiefs of all the Goklans.— {Taylor,
Thomson.)
CHAKTJCH SARWILAYAT— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A halting place in Northern Khurasan, 10 miles from Chinaran, on the road
from Nishapur.— {Kinneir.)
CHAKUSHAR—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
, with a well of sweet water in Khurasan, on the road from
Naiband to Mashhad, via Tun and Bajistan, seven stages from Naiband, and
one of 18 miles from Tun.— {Stewart.)
CHALAKI —Lat. , Long. ; Elev. ’.
A ruined fort in Khurasan, about 9 miles from Kuchan, on the road to Dara-
ghaz by the Allahu-Akbar pass.-^— {Napier.)
CHALATA—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A fine village in Khurasan on the border between the districts of Radkan
and Kuchan, inhabited by Kurds of the Kaiwanlu tribe.'— {Napier.)
CHALBASH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A spring in Northern Khurasan on the top of a range of hills on the Guran
road from Bujnurd to Astarabad, about 25 miles west from the former place.
Forage is procurable here.-— {MacGregor.)
CHALCHAL1AN— Lat. 36°37', 0", Long. 54°, 37' O' 7 ; Elev. 8,600' {Napier.)
A pass over an elevated open spur of the Shah-Kuh range in the province
of Astarabad.— {Napier.)
CHAMANlBAD— Lat. 34° 41' 30"; Long. 59° 39"; Elev. ’{Napier).
A village in Khurasan, 25 miles from Khaf, on the west of the road leading
thence to Turbat-i-Haidari. There is a reservoir of water on the oppo
site side of the road.— {Taylor.)
CHAMANBIT —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A stage in Kurdish Khurasan, on the road from Bujnurd to Astarabad by the
Gurgan river, and about 31 miles from the former town. Excellent water is
procurable here and some fuel, and forage is abundant.— {MacGregor.)
CH AMAN-I-SAWA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A plateau in the province of Astarabad, and three marches from the town
of Astarabad on the road to Shahrud by the Shamshir-Bar pass. It affords
good pasturage for horses and cattle.— {Lovett.)
CHANAR*— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A small village in Khurasan. It lies a little to the east of the road from
Nishapur to Yazd, about 73 miles south of the former town, and 2b miles
north of Badaraskan. It has 30h ouses and some trees.— {MacGregor, Gill.)
CHANDA ABBAS— Lat. 37° 23' 0", Long. 56 y 9'; Elev. ' {Napier).
A depopulated village in Kurdish Khurasan, near the western edge of the
Dasht-i-Armut Ali plateau, and about 46 miles from the village of Nar-
din.— {Napier.)
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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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