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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [92v] (189/722)
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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1S8
a small district and the head-quarters of the Aimak or nomad tribe of
Taimuni.— [Stewart.)
GASK Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
a" laro-e villa^e in South-Eastern Khurasan. It lies 9 miles south of
Sari-Chak, anrf about 3U from Birjand. The Tuk river hows at miles
distance.— [Stewart.)
GAVIN Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A hamlet on the eastern border of Khurasan. It lies 9| miles north of
Dumlq and 6| from Lahno^the extreme frontier east of Birjand.—
GAWARS— Lat. , Long. _ ; Elev. 600 '
Formerly an Akhal Turkman post m the Atak, now Russian, lies 22 miles
south-east of Askabad. It forms the extremity of the newly acquired
Trans-Caspian province. M. Lessar, in his journey to Sarakhs, says there
was no water after Gawars for 50 vents. The Gawars pass, by which the
Turkman used to raid from the Akhal country, passes fiom Daiaghaz to
Anau.— ( Stewart, Thomson.)
GAZ (or GIZ) BASHI. , _
A stream in North-Eastern Khurasan draining the eastern extremity ot the
Kopet-Dagh range northwards in the vicinity of the ^ Kalti-Chinar
stream. Petrusevitch also calls it the Yezbashi Koti.' [Petrusevitch.)
GAZDlS— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. , ;
A village in Khurasan, 66 miles from Birjand, on the road to tarah m
Afghanistan. The water here is bad. There are a few supplies. [Mac-
Gregor.) ;
GAZGAH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. .
A village in Khurasan, in the district of Kain, about 6 miles from Llian-i-
Sajak, on the road to Duruh.— [Bellew.)
GAZf— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. , •
A village in the Tun subdivision of the Tabbas district of Khurasan, 49 miles
from Bashruyah, on the road to Mashhad by Bajistan. It has good water,
and supplies are procurable.— [Bellew, MacGregor.)
GEBUR.— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. ^ ’
A flourishing village in the very south of the Shahrud-Bustan district, an
dependent on the town of Biarjumand, from which it lies south-east. Altuong
the deputy of the Shahrud governor lives at Biarjumand, Geburisamore
prosperous place, owning 1,200 inhabitants. The villages of Dhazian an
Kabbalah are associated with it. There are some ruins here, not exten
sive, but appearing to be very ancient, and many curiosities are found tiere-
in. There is an abandoned vein of lead ore near Gebur; also copper is
found in the hills of quartz rock some few miles distant. The copper is
impure, containing some sulphur. It sells at bs. "dd. per maund. Ampe
supplies are obtainable.— [Stewart.)
GEK-KOL— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A latitudinal valley on the north-east border of Khurasan. It lies between
the Kizil Bair range on the south nearest to Daraghaz, and the Zar-i-hur
on the north. It is open to the east, completely waterless, and unpeo
pled.— [Petrusevitch.)
GEO GUMBAZ— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. 3,800 / -
A village in Eastern Khurasan, 22*miles from Kalat-i-Nadiri, on the roa
to Chahardeh. The Darband-i-Aghun Shah is 2 miles distant. [Bgpier.)
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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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