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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [125r] (254/722)
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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KALA-I-RAVARD —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A haltiog-place in the Daraghaz district of Khurasan, 31 miles from
Muhammadabad, on the road to Sarakhs. There are 200 houses here, and
water and supplies.— [Napier.)
KALA-I-SAADAT KHAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, 21 miles from Mashhad, on the road to Daraghaz
via Radkan.'— [Napier.)
KALA-I-SAFTJR— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A fort in Khurasan, 16 miles from Kuchan, on the road to Annau in the
Atak.— [Napier.)
_ KALA-I-SAIYAD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in Khurasan, west of Mashhad.— [Fraser.)
KALA-I-SHAHZADA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A fort in Khurasan, 24 miles from Turbat-i-Haidan, on the road to
Mashhad. It is a weak fort, but new and in good repair. A few supplies
are obtainable.— [Stewart, MacGregor, 1881.)
KALA-I-TURAGH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A place, 2 leagues from Mashhad, on the road to Sangbast. It, as well as
the land surrounding it, is given as an endowment for the support of the
shrine or Ziarat building of the Imam (the 8th Imam of the Muhammadans,
called All Musi Raza). The annual income derived from this Kala-i-
Turagh is 2,000 khdrwdrs of grain and 2,000 tumdns cash.— [Baud
Khan.)
KALA-I-YAHtJDI*— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A stage in Khurasan, 3 leagues from Mashhad, on the road to the Ak-
Darband valley. It has water and' forage, the pasture in spring being very
good.— [Thomson, deBiocc[iieville.)
KALA-I-ZAIDAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. \
A village of Persian Sistan, east-south-east from Nasfrabad, on the road be
tween Tillik and Kasimabad. Zaidan appears to have been an extensive town
of about 10 miles in Circumference, of which the centre was at the present
site of the Kala-i-Zaidan; while a tower, called Mil-i-Zaidan, marks the
northern limit. The Kala-i-Zaidan is situated on an eminence, surrounded
on all sides with thousands of fine houses in ruins. It has 12 towers, and con
tains within its walls 50 families. The Mil measures 55 feet in circumfer
ence at the base, 25 at the summit, and is 76 feet in height. It was built in
the form of a cylinder with a spiral staircase within, which described 3 com
plete circuits in its length. Its structure, however, is defective in having
no spinal column, which causes the work to overlap. The Mil, which has
many inscriptions in Cufic character on its interior, is built of kiln-baked and
glazed bricks ; as is also the fortress.— [Rozario.)
KALA-I-ZAIDAR— Lat. 36° 30 7 0", Long. 55°44/0"; Elev.
[Napier).
A village and fort in Khurasan, 45 miles east of Shahrud. It has a
stream of good water.— [Clerk.)
KALA-I-ZAU— Lat. * , Long. ; Elev.
A village in northern Khurasan, on the stage between Kalat-i-Nadin
and Chacha, on the road to Sarakhs. It is one of the 8 villages in the Kalat
plateau [q.v.). — [MacGregor.) 1
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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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