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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [86v] (177/722)
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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are of a small breed and mostly black, and shed a soft downy hair called
hvrk. This is collected, picked, and sorted for the manufacture of s dt felts,
cloths, and shawls according- to quality. The sheep’s wool is mostly used ia
the manufacture of carpets, for which the Kam district has long been
famous. Some of the wool finds its way to Bandar Abbas for exportation.
Formerly this valley used to be harried by Baluch and Afghan marauders;
but since Persia took possession of Earn, this has been put a stop to.—
( Gokhrnid, Euan-Smith, Bellew, Stewart.)
DClUTNEH—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A large village on the border of the Turshiz district of Khurasan, and about
20 miles west of the town of Turshiz. Its inhabitants are said to be of
parley Persian descent. There is also a range of mountains of the same
name, close to which the village stands.— {Napier.)
DtjSHAKH— Lat. 37° 15' O' 7 , Long. 60° 1' 0"; Elev. ' {Napier).
A halting place in the district of Daraghaz, Khurasan, 79 miles from Mu-
bammadabad, on the road to Sarakhs. It has water, fuel, and forage, but
there is no village. It lies on a river draining from Chacha and 3| miles
from the hills.— {Napier.)
DliZANAK— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. ' .
A village in Khurasan, 22 miles from Kalandarabad, on the road from Mash
had to Herat.— {Khanikoff.)
DXjZGXJD (Shahktjd)—Lat. , Long. ; Elev. ' .
A village in the Shahrud plain, about 3 miles to the south-south-east of the
town of Shahrud.— {MacGregor.)
DtiZ-ULtJN— Lap. 37° 27' 0", Long. 54° 51' 0"; Elev. ' {Intel-
iigence Department, fVar Office).
A ford over the river Atrak about 5 miles below Fort Baiat Hajf.— {Intel
ligence Department, War Office.)
DTJZ-ULUN— Lat. 38^’ 12' 0", Long. 55° 40' O'; Elev. ' {Intel
ligence Department, War Office).
A ford over the river Sumbar at its junction with the Ab-i-Chandir. The
Russians have constructed a fort here.— {Intelligence Department, War
Office.)
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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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