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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [124r] (252/722)
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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gorge. Local tradition says it was the refuge of a king’s daughter from the
persecution of a rejected lover. The citadel looks down on the plain to the
north, where is a very solid, stone-and-lime, domed chamber, in which the
pining lover is said to have died. It is passed on the road from Mashhad
to Turbat-i-Haidari.'— [Belleio, Rozario.)
KALA-I-DUKHTAR— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
The ruins of a fine stone fort situated in a pass in the Ahinguran range of
mountains. It is about 15 miles from Charaks on the road to Birjand.—
[Stewart.)
KALA-I-FATATI — Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
An Afghan fort on the Helmand, whither the Isharni Baluch chief, Sharif
Khan, retired when driven out by the governor of Sfstan.— [Stewart.)
KALA-I-KAISARBEG— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A stage in Khurasan, about 77 miles from Nfshapur, on the road to
Tabas.— [Kinneir.)
KALA-I-KARBALA-I-AGHASI— Lat. , Long. Elev. '.
A mud fort in Khurasan, 4 miles east of Kuchan, situated on a mound, 1
mile to the south of the road to Daraghaz.— [Napier.)
KAL A-I-KAZl— -Lat. 37° 31' 0", Long. 56° 45' 0"; Elev.^ '.
A village in the Simalghan district of northern Khurasan.— [Intelligence
Department, War Office.)
KALA-I-KHAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Simalghan, a sub-district of Khurasan, 36 miles west of Bujnurd.
— [Barnes.)
KALA-I-KHUSK— Lat. , Long. ^ ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, 21 miles south-east from Kafn, on the road to Gulwar-
da. There is water here, and supplies are procurable.— (MacGregor.)
KALA-I-KTJH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A high hill in Khurasan, in the district of Kain, situated to the west of the
Rud-i-Mil valley.— [Goldsmid.)
KALA-I-MAIDAN*— Lat. 35° 32' O", Long. 58° 2' 0"; Elev.
[Stewart).
A groun of three villages in Khurasan, situated on the road from Nishapur
to Yazd, and about 63 miles from the former town. They are poor villages,
containing some 36 houses each, and all enclosed in square forts, with towers
at the corners. The water from kanats is sweet, and supplies are procurable;
but there are no gardens at these villages. The principal of the three
villages lies on the east of the road, and another on the west at a short
distance. The third lies \ mile to the west of the road, about 1 mile nearer
to Nishapur.— [Ferrier, Gill.)
KALA-I-MlNAR,t or KAL-I-MlNARt— Lat. , Long. ;
A^alley and defile in Khurasan, about 30 miles from Mashhad, on the road
to Herat. The defile, called Kal-i-Minar [q.v .), affords a very strong position.
The northern entrance is almost completely shut up by the hill through
which the road passes, and a few hours’ work here would render this one of
the strongest positions that could be found anywhere. The ascent to the
summit of the range is very easy, through a picturesque valley, with ,rees
* The “ Fort in the Plain.’
f The “ Turret Fort.
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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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