![‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [‎137v] (279/722)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000001452.0x0002d7/Mss Eur F112_376_0285.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [‎137v] (279/722)")
‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [137v] (279/722)
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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
228
KlSIMABAD.— Lat. 36° 23' 30", Long. 59° 27' 0"; Eiev. ' {Napier).
A village in Khurasan, 12 miles from Mashhad, on the read to Daraghaz.
Before the famine it contained 35 houses, but in 1874 only 15. Supplies are
plentiful, and before the siege of Mashhad it was a considerable place. The
inhabitants of this place are Tauts, an aboriginal Persian tribe. Their
tongue is an older form of Persian, and they understand modern Persian
with difficulty.— {Napier, Stewart.)
KASIMABAD— -Lat. ; Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, on the road from Khaf to Gunabad, and a little
east of the range called the Khuibar Kuh.— {Khanikoff.)
KASIMABAD —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A stage in Khurasan, 93 miles from Tabas, on the road to Mashhad. It
has water, but no supplies.— {MacGregor.)
K ASK AT— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. / .
A hamlet in Khurasan, lying south-east of the Gudar-i-Baidar pass, on
the road from Turbatd-Haidan to Mashhad. There is a sarai here and
some 30 huts.— [Bellew.)
KASTJM— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in Khurasan, lying to the west of the Gunabad valley, and about
20 miles from Kakh, on the road to Bajistan. It contains about 100
houses, has an abundant water-supply from a hill spring, and is surrounded
with fruit gardens and cornlields.— {Bellew.)
KATIA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in Khurasan on, or near to, the Shahrud-Mashhad road. It is
situated on the edge of the desert and watered by a fine kandl .— {Napier.)
KATIRCHI— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A plateau in Khurasan, about 13 miles from Kuehan, on the road to Dara
ghaz by the Dawand pass. — {Napier.)
KATLlSH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A tributary of the Atrak on the right, *.<?., the north, beyond Slurwan
towards the Caspian. It is formed by the junction of the Gifana and Khush-
khana.—( Petrus ev i tch.)
KxVTMARABAD —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in the Gunabad buluk of Khurasan.— {Bellew.)
KATllL —-Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in the province of Astarabad, in the subdivision of the same
name (^. v.), and 28 miles from the town of Astarabad, on the road to Buj-
nurd by Gurgan. There is water and fuel here, abundance of forage,
and some supplies.— {MacGregor.)
KATtfL—L at. 36.° 55 y 10", Long. 54 c 53' 0" ; Elev. ' {Napier).
A large village in the province of Astarabad, 25 miles east of the town
of Astarabad. It contains some 400 houses, and supplies are procurable. A
post of 50 horse for border defence is at Katul. This village is in the
buluk of the same name, being one of the easternmost of the province.
This buluk extends from the mountain of Astarabad to the open plain held
by the Turkumans. There are some five villages standing in extensive
clearings in the forest. The total number of villages in the buluk is 26, of
which the principal are Katul, Mamtalu, and Darkalah (q. v.). The inhabit
ants are chiefly Geraih Turks, and speak Turkish as well as Persian.
About this item
- Content
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (384 folios)
- Arrangement
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.
- Physical characteristics
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.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [137v] (279/722), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F112/376, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100107690762.0x000050> [accessed 22 March 2025]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100107690762.0x000050
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100107690762.0x000050">‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [‎137v] (279/722)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100107690762.0x000050"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000001452.0x0002d7/Mss Eur F112_376_0285.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000001452.0x0002d7/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- Mss Eur F112/376
- Title
- ‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’
- Pages
- front, back, head, tail, spine, edge, front-i, 2r:12r, 13r:13v, 15r:23v, 25r:40r, 41r:47v, 49r, 50r:195v, 196ar:196av, 196r:357v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence