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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [91r] (186/722)
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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GADAB— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
The same as the Ab-i-Tash (q. v.) Is a stream in Shahrud-Bustan, known
as the Gadab in its upper course. The road below the Shah Kuh pass and
Chalchalian pass follows it to Tash village.— {Napier.)
GADAN GALMEZ, on GELMER— Lat. , Long. •, Elev.
A hill in Irak Ajami, about 9 miles N. 46° W. from Kum. Gadaen
Galmez are Turkish words, which have the mysterious import of “ those
who go never return.^ The hill is also called the Kuh-i-Talism, or the talis-
manic hill, and is variously described by the natives. Some say that
many who have attempted to explore it have never more been heard of;
but others less credulous assured us that, though such had been the feeling
many years ago, yet in later days it had been traversed in all directions,
and that men came from it as safe as from any other hill. It would seem
that it consists of a tract almost entirely composed of nitre, which crumbles
so easily under foot, particularly after rains, that it is dangerous to walk
over it.— (Morier, Jukes.)
GAF— Lat. , Long. ^ ^ ^ ; Elev.
A village in the Jagatai mountains, Khurasan, one mile from the village of
Jagatai.— ( Napier.)
G AIAMAI— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village m Eastern Khurasan, south of Shahdllu in the Kashaf Rud, and
in the TJl£ngi Shahi district, of the six hamlets of which this forms one.
These villages stand quite aloof from all other settlements in Khurasan, and
its inhabitants form a distinct population.— {Petrusevitch.)
GAISAR-KtlH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. ' .
A range in Eastern Khurasan, the southern spur of which touches the
road between Khaf and Jumain in the Gunabad subdivision.—(jGbfw/b/.)
GAL A KAH —Lat. , Long. 5 Elev.^ x ' • . . ^
A place in the Kalat-i-Nadiri district of Eastern Khurasan below the Khisht
hill.— {Hand Shah.)
GALHAUZ— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '•
A stage on the eastern border of Khurasan, 11 miles west of Ghunan, and
about^lUO miles from Sham.—{MacGregor.)
GAMZIK— Lat. ,Long. ; Elev. '•
A village in Kurdish Khurasan, about 6 miles from Bujnurd, on the road
to Shirvan. It is situated on a spur above the valley. It has 100 houses
and much cultivation, as well as extensive gardens on the low ground. (Ifac-
Gregor.)
GANARA— Lat. , Long. '•
A ruined village in the province of Astarabad, situated m the forest, II miles
east of the town of Astarabad.— {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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