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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [135v] (275/722)
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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KARAN Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A haltino’-place in the Daraghaz district of northern Khurasan, 21 mile?
from Lutfabad. No [Petr^evitch, Stewart.)
K \RAN-KI-DARBAND—Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A frontier vallev in Khurasan, due south of Sarakhs, through which the
Hari-Rud river flows. It is deep and narrow and 20 miles long, widening
gradually as the river proceeds. Another name for it is Nal Shum.
(Petrusevitch.) /
KARA JUKAR-— Lat. , Long ; Elev. .
A mountain in the Daraghaz district of northern Khurasan.—(diac-
Gregor.) ,
K A^flla^ia Mrthera Khdrisdn, about rmiles from Ku’ohan, on the road to
Sabzawar.— {MacGregor.)
KARA 37» 6' 59% Lono. 56° 49' 0% Elev. 3 327 (A«»).
A village in Khurasan, on the river of the same name.—(6^. Jo/in.)
KARA SL* Lat 36° 41' 0", Long. 56° 34' O'" ; Elev.
a river in Khurasan, rising in the Shah Khurkhdd mountain m the d,s-
trict of Bujnurd and flowing south to its junction with the Kal Muia
river.— {Napier.) /
KARASlT* Lat , Long. ; Elev.
The name given by the Turkumans to the Hari Rud below the point of
confluence with the Kashaf Rud.-(P^m^.)
KARA SIT*— Lat. 36° 50' 0", Long. 54° 2' 0" : Elev. ;
A river in the province of Astarabad, rising m the mountains to the south
of the Ratal buluk, about 30 miles east of Astarabad. It flows hrst north
west, then west for 40 or 50 miles, and falls into the Caspian 6 or 7 miles,
south of Khoja Nafas at the mouth of the Gurgan. , , p ,
At the point where it is crossed north of Astarabad, by the road to Gui-
o-an there is a brick bridge of about 10 arches. The stream here is quite
deep, with a width of 50 to 60 yards and a very sluggish current.-
{Napier, Lovet.)
KARAT Lat. , Long. ; Elev. •
A stao*e in northern Khurasan, about 86 miles from Nardin on the road
to Kail Kala. It lies just north of the Khurkhud mountain, at the west
end of the plateau of Shimalghan.—(Ao^er.)
KARAT Lat , Long. > Elev.
A frontier village of the Khaf district, Khurasan, situated 22 miles
from Khaf on the road to Herat, in a small valley across the range ot
hills which forms the boundary between Bakharz and Khat it tias a
fine fort, which, though not large, is described by Stewart as the best and
strongest he had seen in Khurasan. It had been deserted for many years;
but in 1868 the Persian Government had it rebuilt. The buildmg ol
this fort has been a great check to Turkuman raiding in the Khaf and Kam
districts. However, a successful raid was made in 1881, for which Kara
was transferred, as a punishment to the governor of Khaf for not having
prevented it, from that official to the governor of Bakharz. Karat was
built by the Taimuri tribe, and was chiefly inhabited by them. On the hi
above the fort are the ruins of another strong fort and a considerable town.
* “ Black water/
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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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