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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [94r] (192/722)
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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GHAZ (or GEZ) DAGH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. 8,98E'.
A hill in the province o£ Astarabad, 80 miles south-east of the island of
Ashurada. It is nearly 9,000 feet high, and forms a conspicuous land
mark from the sea.— {Napier, Pushchin.)
GH AZAL-GHAIA.— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
The first stage north-west of Sarakhs, on the Khurasan border, on the road to
Mashhad.— [Baud Shah.)
G HEN DAB— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A spring in Khurasan near Chasma Ali, and 7 miles from Chardeh. It is
situated in a wild and desolate-looking spot; the volcanic rocks in the
immediate vicinity are broken up into a thousand fantastic forms, and high
on every side rise dreary, black-looking mountains utterly destitute of the
least vegetation. The spring, whose name signifies fossil water, issues from
a deep cut in the side of a small hillock. The water is of a dirty yellowish
hue, and intensely salt and bitter. The natives believe that, if anything
unclean be thrown into it, a storm will arise, which will not cease till the
water has been cleared of its impurity.— {Holmes.)
G HOTD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. ^
A village in the Gunabad subdivision of the Tabbas district of Khurasan.—
{Bellew.)
GHOKD-NAKVAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. , ,
A village in Khurasan, 45 miles from Tabbas, on the road to Nishapur.
{Kinneir.)
GHERD FILUMERZ, or GHIT FARAMURZ— Lat. , Long. ;
Elev. ^ , T .
A village in the Yazd district,. 6 miles w*st of the town ot Yazd. it is
situated amidst sand hills, but has much neatly cultivated lands. There is a
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
here.— {Abbott.)
GHItJK, or GHIBK— Lat. 33 w 8' 0", Long. 59° 14' 0"; Elev.
{St.John). , T
A village in Khurasan, 18 miles from Birjand, on the road to Kain. It con
tains 80 houses, and is picturesquely situated, being built stage upon stage
on the side of the hills, and embosomed in orchards and fruit trees, the
wind here, however, is so high that all the gardens are surrounded by high
stone walls for protection ; especially for the grape vine, which is extensively
grown. It is one of the chief villages in this part of the country, and has
& good spring of water and considerable cultivation.— {Goldsmidt, Bellew.)
GHUIGHUZA— Lat. , Long. J Elev ; . .
A village in the Kalat-i-Nadiri district of Khurasan, containing some dot)
families. Water from springs.— {Baud Shah.)
GIIUMBARABAD—Lat. , L ?* G - a'
A village in the Gunabad subdivision of the Tabbas district of Khmasan.
There is* a small water-supply. This is probably identical with Guma-
bad.— {MacGregor.)
G A U nS _ poJt' m Khurasan, lYmuts from Mashhad onTlie roal to
Sarakhs. Vm Persians have a small garrison of 75 horsemen here. Mater
and supplies are procurable.— {Thomson, MacGregor.)
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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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