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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [137r] (278/722)
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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KASHAF RtJD— Lat. , Long. ; Eley.
A river in Khurasan, also called the Ab-i-Mashhad. It flows from the
Chashma-i-Gilas, a small lake near the village of Chinaran in about lat.
36° 51/ 0 ,/ , long. 59° O' 0 // ; and, collecting the drainage of the Mashhad
valley, passes out east by the gorge known as Ak-Darband to the Pul-i-
Khatun, where it joins the Ab-i-Herat or Hari E-ud river. Below Mashhad
the water becomes brackish, from the contributions of some small tributa
ries draining the lower spurs of the Kalat range. It is crossed about
6 miles from Mashhad by a good stone bridge known as the Pul-i-Shah.
The banks here are easy, the bed sound, and the water generally shallow.
Except in heavy floods, this river is everywhere fordable. Its length is
probably about 250 miles, and it drains an area of some 9,000 square miles.
An error has been made regarding the confluence of the Kashaf Bud
and the Hari Rud. The angle formed by these two rivers is not nearly
so acute as represented on the maps. Several posts with small garrisons,
having in all a nominal strength of 100 horse and 250 foot, are placed
along this river from Shor Chai to Muzdaran to support the border posts
against the Turkumans.— [MacGregor, Napier, Fetrusevitck, Condie
iStepkens, Stewart.)
KAS HID All— Lat. 36° 55' 30", Long. 55° 42' 0"; Elev. ' [Napier).
A village in the province of Astarabad, some 50 miles north-east of
Shahrud. It is strongly and picturesquely situated on a high commanding
spur, which runs out between two streams. It has a hundred houses, a
small amount of cultivation, and some vineyards.—(i/acG'r^or.)
KASHKAI— Lat. 27° 48' 0', Long. 57° O' 0"; Elev.
A ridge in northern Khurasan, about 30 miles north-west of Bujnurd.—
[Intelligence Department, War Oj/ice.)
KASHMARTJN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, on the route from Birjand to Farah, 30 miles
beyond Sar-i-Beshah. There is water here, but no supplies—
KASIMABAD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Persian Baluchistan, 9 miles from Bampur, on the road to
Bam. °It is a Baluch village, with much cultivation and with a fort.
One of the objects of General Gasteiger Khan's journey to Persian Balu
chistan in 1881 was to establish a place of refuge h.eve.—[Goldst>ud, Gas
teiger Khan.)
KASIMABAD— Lat. 31° 3' 0", Long. 1° 38' 0" ; Elev.^
A small but prosperous-looking village in Persian Sistan, containing
some 50 or 60 houses, inhabited by families of the Sarbandi and Kalantari
tribes. It is surrounded by cultivation, and is provided with pure water by
a canal.— [Goldsmid, Napier.)
KASIMABAD— Lat. , Long ; Elev. '•
A fortified village with gardens in Khurasan, about a mile to the right
of the Mashhad-Nishapur road, and 2| hours' journey from the former.—
[Bellew.)
KASIMABAD— Lat. , Long. jElev. '.
A small village of the Shahrud district, 162 miles from Khaf, on the
direct Tihran road [via Samnan). Water plentiful from a good karez.
Supplies in small quantities. This is the last village ol the district towards
KteL-—[Stewart.)
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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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