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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [106r] (216/722)
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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son Shah Rukh. Governor of Khurasan, lie sent 1,000 families or hazara
of these nomads with him to Herat as a body-guard, being men attached
to the dynasty, and upon whom he could depend. Surrounded by a Persian
population, they forgot their own tongue; but, as they generally inter
married amongst themselves, they preserved their Mongol appearance.
Another 1,000 families of the same tribe were transferred to Badakshan,
where they are still, and have retained their mother tongue. They are
called the Hazara Barlas. The Hazaras of Persia present a phenomenon
which is rare, if not unique; namely, that of abandoning their mother
tongue for a language used before their advent in a country where they
were compelled to settle.— (Connolly, Khanikoff.)
HAZAR CHlL—L at. , Long. ; Eley.
A pass in Khurasan on the road from Sabzawar to the turquoise mines at
Madan. The ascent from the south is stony and difficult. Prom the
summit is seen the extensive plain bounded on the north by the Juvain
mountains, in which latter the mines,are situated.— (Khauikoff.)
HAZAR JARIB*—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A mountain district in Northern Khurasan, about 25 miles south-east
of Bujnurd. It is 10 miles by 25 miles in extent, has a nomad popu
lation of some 500 tents, and affords excellent pasturage.
The land is said to yield five-fold without manuring. The greatest part
of it is watered by rain only.— (Morier, Napier, MacGregor.)
H AZI BEGUM—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, about 10 miles north of Birjand. It has about five
families engaged in agricultural pursuits.— (Rozario.)
HAZRAT SULTAN—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
The ruins of a city, about 17 miles west of Chacha, on the northern bolder
of Khurasan, north of Kalat-i-Nadiri.— (Petruser-itch.)
HEPfREH—L at. , Long. ; Elev. ^ '.
The second stage on the road from Mashhad to Herat rid Kahnz, 42 miles
south-east of Mashhad. There is a
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
and a few shepheids huts
here.— ( Ferrier.)
HIATABADt—L at. , Long. ; Elev
A village in Khurasan on the road from Sabzawar to Khur. Water and
supplies are procurable.— (MacGregor.)
HIMMATABAD— Lat. 35° 24' 0", Long. 59° 48' 40"; Elev.
A^fortf63 miles south of Mashhad, on the westerly road of the two routes
to Herat. It contains about one hundred houses of Plazaras, who are all
Sums.— (MacGregor.)
HINDABADJ— Lat. 34° 56' SO", Long. 59° 15' O'' ; Elev.
A^vdlage in Khurasan, 45 miles from Sultanabad (TursMz), on the road to
Khaf. ° There is a good supply of water from streams here and some culti
vation. There is a small fort.— (Forbes, Clerk, layloi.)
* The “ Thousand Acres/
+ The “ Walled City.”
X The “ City of Hind.”
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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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- 1 volume (384 folios)
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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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