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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [105r] (214/722)
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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HAUZ ATAR— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A well in Khurasan, 8 miles east of Tabbas, on the road to Tun. Water
is obtainable here.— (JfacCrret/or.)
HAUZ DANA CHtJL— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A well in Khurasan, 9 miles east of Tabbas, on the road to Tun. Water is
obtainable here. There are also a number of caves.— [ MacGregor .)
HAUZ DAHOKH —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A well in Khurasan, 5 miles south-west of Tun, on the road to Tabbas.
Water is obtainable here.— [ MacGregor .)
HAUZ-I-ARAB-KHANA— Lat. t Long. ; Elev.
A stage in Khurasan, 56 miles from Nib, on the road to Tabbas. It is
situated near some hills, has a few supplies, and water in a hauz . — [ Mac
Gregor .)
HAUZ-I-BUNDAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A well in Eastern Khurasan, 16 miles west of Ghurian, which is sometimes
dry in summer.— [ Stewart .)
HAUZ-I-CHAH —Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A well in Khurasan, 3 miles west of Tabbas, on the road to Darabit. Water
is obtainable here.— [ MacGregor .)
HaUZ-I-DAR—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
Extensive ruins on the borders of the Dasht-i-Lut, between Tum-i-Nur
Dost and Sehkoha, about 21 miles from the latter place. The houses and
walls, built of sun-dried brick, were standing in 1872 in a state of excellent
preservation. Near Hauz-i-Dar is a remarkable graveyard, in which all the
tombs are built above ground ; each occupant having a small oblong build
ing to himself.— [ Goldsmid .)
HAUZ-I-HAJI ALLAH AKBAR— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A well in Khurasan, 2 miles west off Mashhad, on the road to Jaghark.—
[ Rozario .)
HAUZ-I-HAJI MIRAK— Lat. , Long. Elev. '.
A stage in Khurasan, 81 miles from Tabbas, on the road to Mashhad. Water
is procurable here, but no supplies.— [ MacGregor .)
HAUZ-I-JAN-BfiG-BALtfCH— Lat. 31° 35' 26", Long. 60° 31 45";
Elev. ' [ Lentz ).
A tank of sweet water on the road from Nih in Persian Sistan to Lash in
Afghanistan ; about 30 miles from the former town.— [ Khanikoff , St .
John .)
H AUZ-I- K AL-I-MURA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A covered well, with good water, on the road from Herat to Shahrud in
Khurasan by Khaf and Turshiz, 112 miles north-west of Sultanabad, the
chief town of the latter district.— [ Clerk .)
HAUZ-I-KHAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A stage in the desert of Lut, in the province of Khurasan, where water is
procurable, but no supplies. It lies 115 miles from Bashruyah on the road
to Karman.— [MacGregor.)
HAUZ-I-KHAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A wide basin in Khurasan so called from the ahimbur in its centre.
It is about mid-way between Sarbasha and Kala Mud. It is a domed
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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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