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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [95v] (195/722)
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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144
GlS— La/t. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, 28 miles north-north-east of Mashhad, on the road to
Kalat-i-Nadm by Chacha. It has fuel and forage in abundance [Mac
Gregor.')
QIUL KHANDAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in the Daraghaz district of Khurasan, where the DurunMa river
forces its way through the Kizil Bair range.— [Petrusevitch.)
GIUKTURA-DAGH —L at. 37° 40' 0", Long. 55° 20'0 ,/ ; Elev.
[Intelligence Department, War Office.)
A range of hills in Northern Khurasan, about 15 miles south of Chat-i-
Atrak.— [Intelligence Department, War Office).
GIUNAI —Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '
A mountain in Northern Khurasan, lying on one side of the Allah-u-Akbar
pass, east of Kuchan. Between the Giunaiand the Shakaru flows the Bachi-
vallu stream, which joins the Tabarik near its source, and then with it
flows south-west, before being joined by the Naukh, and flowioo* WPS f
Kuchan.— [Petruseriich).
GIU GUMBAZ— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
One of the eight small villages of the Kalat-i-Nadiri plateau in Khurasan
It lies near Arghun Shah in a valley on the bank of the Kalat stream.'
The moist ground round it bears line crops of rice; while the hill slopes are
covered with orchards and vineyards.— [Napier.)
GIVAILL
A tribe of Turks who live in the eastern subdivision of Astarabad.—
[q.v.). — [Napier.)
GOD-I-NASIR.
A plateau crossed by the Tehran-Shahurd road by Furuz-Kuh, about 5 miles
short of the plain of Eulad-Mahala.— -[Napier.)
GOKLANS.
A Turkman tribe inhabiting a tract north of Khurasan. Their country
extends on the Gurgan from near Astarabad eastwards to the district of
Birjand. Their actual limits are from Goli Dagh on the west to Gumbaz
Kaus on the east, and from the Kai valley to the river Gur«4n 75 miles'
They number now about 4,000 families, or 20,000 souls. & They are not
strictly nomads The richness of the soil in the Gurgan country enables
them to raise large quantities of grain; and silk is cultivated bv them also
to a considerable extent. They pay 7,000 tumans (£2,800) annually as
tribute to the Persian Government, and are therefore Persian subjects pur
et simple ; even furnishing a contingent of cavalry to the army
The tribute nominally is double that amount, but one-half is remitted under
the name of _ allowances granted by the Shah to their chief. The Goklan
tribute is paid to the governor of Astarabad through the chief of Bujnurd.
Their branches are as follows :-Karabal Khan, Yinkak, Sangri Garkas
Kmk Idarvish Rekil Kai, Khar, Yarkikli, Baindir, Choghir, Kizil, Geuk
S ,° 1 Via " 1 j ^ aiid their subdivisions are Ajin, Karail Khan, Arab, Kiri-
abh Bekdih. They have no forts, but Thomsons report gives the names
of their principal chiefs.
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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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