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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [72r] (148/722)
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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DAHANA MtJNASAR —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A pass in Khurasan between Kenibish, near Mashhad, and Judulabad.—
[MacGregor.)
DAIdANA STjLTMAN—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
An easy pass in Khurasan on the north-west of the Nimbuluk valley leading 1
through a low range of hills to Gunabad. This is a route commonly used
by Turkmans.— [Be/tew.)
D AH AIN AWAZ—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A miniature defile in Khurasan about miles long, close to the village of
Ahwaz, on the road from Gazik to Burj Gulwarda.— [MacGregor.)
DAHANA ZATJK0N I—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A pass in the Mashhad district of Khurasan between Tabat Kun and Kalat-
i-Nadiri.— [MaoGrei) or.)
DAHAN-I-MAMBAR— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
An easy pass in Khurasan between Khur and Sabzawar.— [MacGregor.)
DAHAN-I-SHAUGHAN— Lat. 37° 13' 0", Long. 56° 48' 0"; Elev. '.
[Napier).
A pass in Kurdish Khurasan, 4 miles from the village of Shaghan, on
the road to Jah Jarm.— [MacGregor.)
D A H AN -1 -T A SII—L at. , Long. ; Elev. '•
A defile near Tash, in Astarabad, on the road from Astarabad to Shahrud.
— ( Lovett.)
DAHAN KALAH—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A small village in the Turshiz district of Khurasan, ?'t miles west of
Anarbah, where the chief of the Persian Baluchis resides.— [Stewart.)
DA HR I DHEhl. n ,
A sect of the Sufis of Persia. They believe the world is uncreated and in
dissoluble, and conceive that man is taught his duty by a mysterious order
of priesthood, whose numbers are fixed, and who rise in gradation from the
lowest paths to the subiimest height of divine knowledge.— [Malcolm.)
DAINA— -Lat. 38° 16' 0 ", Long. 57 0 4' O''; Elev. ' [Intelligence De
partment, War Office).
A village in Northern Khurasan on the Ab-i-Sunt river.— [Intelligence
Department, War Office.)
DAIRAH— Lat. 30° 4' 22", Long. 49° 5" 50'; Elev.
A low and swampy island, 3 miles south-west of Bunnah {q. v .), on the
coast of Khuzistan. There is a deep water Ichor between them running to
the southAvard, called Khor Wasitah.— [Constable, Stiffe,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Pilot,
Bruchs ).
DAK
System of postal communication used in Moghul India and later by the East India Company.
HI— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. _
A village in Khurasan, in the plain or district of Pusht-i-Bustan, about 8
miles north of Bustan. It is one of the principal villages in the district.—
[MacGregor.)
Sil'DALi LA }- Li y . > Lrae - ;ElEV - '•
A burj or citadel in Sis tan, situated on the left bank of the Helmand oppo
site KaPa Path. It is in a thick tamarisk jungle, in which it is the solitary
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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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