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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [115v] (235/722)
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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of Juvam and Isfarain, and thence into the plain of Nishapur. This tract
is known in the centre as the Julou-i-Magas Gilan and on the east as
the Julga-i-Jah Jarm {q. v .).— {Napier.)
JtJLGAH-I-DASHT-I-RtJKH —-Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A valley or plain in Khurasan^ lying north of the Gudar-i-Eudar, and running
east and west. It is crossed by the road from Turbat-i-Haidari to Mashhad
at about 26 miles from the former town. It has eight or ten little castel
lated villages on it, and is frequently raided by Turkmans. It abounds with
a kind of bulbous plant bearing a yellow flower. The natives utilise the
bulbs by pressing oil from them.— [Beilew, Rozario.)
JtJLGAH-I-DAST-GARDAN—L at. , Long. ; Ei.ev.
A cluster of villages in Khurasan, about 25 miles from Pashuadrun, and a
little to the west of Hie road from Tabbas to Turshiz—(£?;//.)
JtJLGAH-I-GUNABAD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A plain in Khurasan stretching from Bajistan northwards for about 30
miles, and extending from side to side about 8 miles. The following are the
villages on this plain—Jumain, ShahrNozhab, Dalui, Baiun, Glnijd Gham,
Varabad, Rahan, Riab, and Badukh.— (/fcmm'o, MacGregor).
JCLGAH-I-JAJARM.
See Julgah-i-Bustan.
JLLGAH-I-MAGASGILATj.
See Julgah-i-Bustan.
JLLGAH-I-SHLRAB—L.VT. , Long. ; Elev.
A plain in Khuiasan between the Juvain valley and the Nishapur plain.—
[Napier.)
JUMATN— Lat. 34° 27' 25", Long. 58° 39' 0", Elev. 3.250' {Lentz).
A village in Khurasan. It is the principal of a cluster of eight villages
which constitute the township of Gunabad—( Khanikoff).
JtJMBARJU— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A small village in the Jagatai mountains, Khura-an, lying at the foot of
the hills known as Kuh-i-Madan, 14 miles from the village of Rubat-i-
G haz .—(Nap ier.)
JtMOGH— Lat. , Long. ^ ; Elev. ' .
A village in the Turbat Luluk of the Turbat-i-Haidari district of Khura
san.— {Belleiv.)
JtJNABAD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A large village of 100 houses in Northern Khurasan, 26 miles north-west of
Mashhad, on the road to Daraghaz via Radkan. Supplies ample.— {Napier.)
JURBAT— Lat. 37°7' 0", Long. 56° 44' 30" ; Elev. " . {Stewart).
A village in Northern Khurasan, situated about 5 miles west of Sanghas, and
1 mile north of the road thence to Jah Jarm.— {Napier.)
JtJ V AINAK— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A mound in the Jagatai-Juvafn plain, which probably was the site of the
former town of Juvain. It means “ Little Juvain. ” — {Stewart.)
JWAR —Lat. , Long. ; Elev. ' .
A village on the Shaughan plain in North-Western Khurasan. The people
are entirely Persian, which is strange, as the names and all the ruins visible
round are certainly Arab; and there is in the neighbouring district of Bustan
a large admixture of Arab blood.— [Napier.)
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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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