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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [98r] (200/722)
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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GtFD AK-I-KTJL A MINAR —Lat. , Long. ; Elev. 1
A pass in Khurasan oyer a range which divides the drainage of the Bakhurz
district from that of Jam. The range is connected to the west with the Bakhurz
ridge, and first runs east and west; but to the east of the Khulamina it turns
more south. The range might be aptly called the Jam range.—(yl/ac Gregor.)
GUDAR-I-LARD-I-ZARD*— Lat. 32° 14' O'' Long. 60° 40' 0' : Elev.
( Walker ).
A pass in Khurasan, on the road from Birjand to Farah in Afghanistan, and
about 5 miles from the boundary line between the two Sates. This is pro
bably the Gudar-i-Dard of Colonel MacGregor; it consists of yellow marl.
In its front rises the Kilah-i-Kuh.— ( Walker, Bellew, Rozario.)
GtJDAR-I-MASHTJM, or M1SHAN— Lat. 32° 23'0", [Long eo^lb'O"-
Elev. 4,800’ ’ (St. John).
A pass in Khurasan over the Zilzila range, on the road from Sfstan to Bfrjand,
and 77 miles from the latter town. It is 500 feet above the level of the
Duruh plain. The ascent and descent are easy, each being about three miles
of a gradual incline. It forms the watershed between the Duruh and Hasan-
abad valleys.— {Bellew, Goldsmid.)
GtJDAR-I-MIAA t—L at. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A pass in Khurasan on the road from Khur to Tabbas, and about 40 miles
from the latter town. r lhe ascent and descent of this pass are quite easy ;
but the roadway is commanded by numerous fine positions for defence, and
there is no water in it any where.— [MacGregor.)
GlJDAR-I-MTJH AMMAD MIRZA— Lat. 35° 43' 0", Long. 59° 22' 0"; Elev.
6,400' [Napier).
A pass on the road from Turbat-i-Hafdari to Mashhad, and 30 miles from the
former town. It is a low, easy pass, but the road would require making for
guns in parts, especially near the crest. It marks off the Turbat district, 6
miles from Asadabad— [Rozario, Napier, Stewart.)
GTJDAR-I-NAtJ BAND— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. 3,250'.
A pass in Khurasan, 13^ miles from the village of Dih-i-Nau-Band, on the
road from Tabbas to Turshfz. The pass is a very easy one.— [Gill.)
GUDAR-I-RIGJ— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. 6,500'.
A pass in Khurasan between the villages of Sar-i-Bishah and Mud, and 16
miles from the former village. It is 300 feet above this village, the ascent
and descent being both easy— [Rozario, Goldsmid.)
GtJDAR-I-RUD-I-GHAZ§— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. 5,150'.
A pass in Khurasan, 10 miles south of Bajistan. The watershed runs north
and south.— [Goldsmid.)
GtJDAR-I-RtJKH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. 6,965’.
A pass in Khurasan, 6 miles from Asadabad on the road to Mashhad, and
1,165 feet above the level of the former village. The ascent is very steep, and
would require metalling for guns. The descent on the north side leads down
a long winding defile flanked by bare rugged hills of chlorite and trap and
granite; then, at 4 miles from the entrance, passes through a narrow
gorge between high perpendicular hills of green and red rocks, and emerges
* The “ Pass of the Yellow Flat.”
f The “ Midway Pass.”
j The “ Sandy Pass ”
.§ The “ Pass of the Tamarisk Stream.”
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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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