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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [97v] (199/722)
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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148
Colonel MacGregor, which see. The top of the pass is
granite trap and old red sandstones go to form the sides,
found felspar and quartz.—( Rozario, Bellew.)
basaltic, while
In the last are
GCDAR-I-KALMARZ —Lat. , Long.. ;Elev. 4 4.82 /
A pass in Khurasan, 3 miles south-west of the stage of Kalmarz, on the rmrl
from Yazd to Tabbas. The pass is an easy one—{Gill.)
GtJDAR-I-KALAHI SANGI* —Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '
A pass in Khurasan, about 90 j miles from Birjand, on the road to Farah in
Afghanistan. The road over it is bad and the crossing difficult.—(Vac-
Gregor.) '
GtJDAR-I-KAMIH —Lat. , Long. • Elev. '
A pass in Khurasan, about 13 miles from Bajistan, on the road to Kakh’ It
is an easy pass over a range of hills which close the Gunabad valley on the
north.— {Bellew). J
G CD AR-J-KA K II Lat. , Long. ; El E v. 6,850'.
A pass m Khurasan over a range of hills forming the watershed between
t ie districts of Kain and Tabbas. The pass lies on the road from Kain to
\akh, about 5 miles from the latter village. The ascent from the south is
gradual, but the descent is by a very narrow foot-path on the steep slope of a
great clay mound. In wet weather this is impassable for camels, and would
require making for guns; but this could be easily done. There is an easy
and short route direct across the Gunabad pl&m.—(Bellew.)
GUDAR-I-KARKAN-Lat. , ijQNG.
A pass in Khurasan on the road half way between Tun and Kam by Bihad
lue ascent and descent are easy.— (MacGregor.)
GGD A R-I-K HALIKt—LAT. , Long. ; Elev.
A pass in Khurasan, about 30 miles from Tabbas, on the road to Biriand
It is easy and practicable for z&xnds.— -(MacGregor.)
GtJDAR KHANIKPAI. Lat.
A village in the Kain subdivision
lies about 10 miles south of Kam.
, Long. ; Elev.
of the Kain district of Khurasan.
Elev. about
GUDAR-I-KHIR-SANG—Lat. Lono
6,500'. * ‘
p J aS n S ^ K^san W miles from Turbat-i-Haidari, on the road to Mash
had, and l,ooo feet above the level of the former town. Both the ascent
and descent are easy and gradual.— Goldsmidt.)
GGDAR-I-KHUNTK-Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
mikS S ° Uth ° f ““ ^ ° n ““ r ° ad t0 Bl ' r '
GUDAR-I-KHCRASANI-Lat; , Long. ; Elev
r ne V1 wf t T" Al S ‘ b ° r , <ier , ° f Khlir ^»> « miles from Karman, oa
Hu V pU es .~(MaeGr7/or.) roug 1 tlle desert of Lu t. It has water, but no
jl r^ le “ ^ ass Stony Fort. j
T ilic Pass of the Great or.’^
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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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