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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [123r] (250/722)
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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K AKA II A JAB— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A mountain in northern Khurasan, 10 miles north-west of Shir wan, and
2,000 feet above the level of the valley.— {Napier.)
KAKASIM— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village of 30 houses in Khurasan, 3 miles north-west of Bajistan.
KAKH— Lat. U q 10' O', Long. 58° 36' 0"; Elev. 5,300' {Walker).
A town in Khurasan, 90 miles from Turbat-i-Haidan on the road to Biriand.
It is situated on rising ground at the base of the range of lofty hills bound
ing the valley of Orunabad to the south and west, which, according to
native report, are rich in minerals. The population, in 1872, consisted of
some 500 families; but it had suffered greatly from the famine of the preced
ing year. Its water-supply from four Icaudts and fifty natural springs is
excellent. Kakh is specially famous for an imamzada, or shrine, which
contains the remains of Shahzadah Sultan Muhammad All, brother of the
Holy Imam Riza of Mashhad. Mullahs and Saiyids, of course, abound in
the town, where there is also a madrasa, or college, and two musjids. Two
ancient citadels, constructed one within the other, form another remarkable
feature in the town. They are built on an elevation, with high walls and
Hanking towers, are connected by a drawbridge, and each has an independ
ent supply of water. The water of these forts is kept in an efficient state,
and each has a small garrison. Not being commanded, the fort may be
considered as pretty much beyond the means of an uncivilized power to take,
and might make a good resistance against any one. The principal manufac
tures in the town are iron agricultural implements, for which there are as
many as 40 iron-workers^ shops; and a kind of silk embroidery, called ‘ ka-
sludah/ A considerable quantity of opium is grown.— {Goldsiuid, Belleiv,
MacGregor.)
KAKLAN —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Daraghaz (northern Khurasan), a little to the north of the
Zann-Kuh range and at the base of \t.-~{Petruseviich.)
KAKSHAL— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A Turkuman fort in northern Khurasan.— {MacGregor.)
KALA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in Khurasan, about 40 miles from Nishapur on the road to
Faridun.— {MacGregor.)
KALABAGH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
An old sarai in Khurasan on the road from Sarakhs to Kuhsan, about 42
miles from the former.— {MacGregor.)
KAL ABRfiSHAM— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A river in Khurasan, which drains south-east to the salt desert, where it
joins the Kal Shor of Nishapur. It is crossed on the route from Sabza-
war to Shahrud by the Pul-i-Abresham, which marks the boundary between
the two districts. The river here carries a good stream of clear fresh water
on a sandy bottom.— {Bellow.)
KALADAR— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A fort near the village of Sangi in Khurasan, about 40 miles east of
Sabzawar.— {War Office Report on Persia, Part II, Route 262.)
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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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