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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [97r] (198/722)
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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but the road goes a great deal up and down small spurs, and is in some
places impassable for artillery; it could however be easily made practicable
{Gill.)
GldDAR-I-CHANG-I-FALAK*.—L at. , Long. ; Elev. "
A pass in Khurasan, about 30 miles from Kain, on the road toKhaf.—
Gregor). v
GODAR-I-DARD.
See Gudar-i-Lard-i-Zard.
GTJDAR-I-DARMIAN.— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. 7,600'.
A pass in Khurasan, 6 miles from Isfizar, on the Birjand-Herat road. There
is a fine view from the top of the Kuh Gazia and the Bagfran. The ascent
and descent are steep for about a mile, and would require some makino* for
guns ; elsewhere the road is quite practicable.— [MacGregor, Stewart.)
GTJDAR-I-DIHRIJD.— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. 9,390'.
A pass in Khurasan, whose summit is 15 miles from Ja i-Gharak, on the
road to Mshapur from Mashhad. Its height above the sea is 9,390 feet,
and affords an extensive view of the plain of Mashhad on the one side, and
that of Mshapur on the other. The ascent from the east is very steep and
difficult, and the descent is even more so. The road is narrow and rockv,
and utterly impracticable for guns or even camels. It is only passable at
all in summer. The heights cannot be crowned, but it is said that the pass
can be turned from Dihrud. The range runs from north-west to south-east;
gradually subsiding towards the latter direction, but in the former risino*
into the lofty snow-clad mountains of Khawar and Binalud.— [Bellew,
Goldsmid.)
GtJDAR-I-GAZDlS.— Lat. ,Long. ; Elev. '.
A pass in Khurasan, on the road from Bfrjand to Farah in Afghanistan, and
about 70 miles from the former town. r ihe pass is an easy one. This pass
would seem to be the same as the Gudar-i-Gunda-Kuh of Dr. Bellew,
which see.— [MacGregor.)
GUDAR-I-GUADA KtJH.—L at. , Long. ; Elev.
A pass between Sfstan and Bfrjand in Khurasan, crossing a range which
runs south from the Saman Shahi to the Kuh Bagfran.— [MacGregor.)
GtJDAR-I-G UD— Lat. 33° 50' 0 r , Long. 58° 54'O'; Elev. 6,000' [St.
John).
A pass in Khurasan, 12 miles from Kain, on the road to Kakh. The summit
of the pass is 800 feet above the level of Kafn. The ascent from the south
is easy in dry weather, but would be impassable for laden beasts in wet
weather on account of the clay in the soil. The descent is by an easy
gradient to the valley of Nimbuluk, divided here from the Kafn subdivi
sion.— [Bellew, Goldsmid, MacGregor?)
GtfDAR-I-GUNDA-KtfH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. 6,900'.
A pass in Khurasan, about 70 miles from Bfrjand, on the road to Farah in
Afghanistan. The altitude is nearly 7,000 feet, but the ascent from the
west is by a steep narrow path, gradually ascending the course of a ravine
from the Ab-i-Gunda-Kuh stream ; the descent is easy and by a good road.
For wheeled vehicles, the pass would require a good deal of making and some
blasting. This pass would seem to be the same as the Gudar-i-Gazdfs of
* The “ Pass of the Heavenly Grip/
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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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