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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [139v] (283/722)
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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KHALlL-T-?AlGHAMBAE*—L at. 37° 41' 30", Long. 55° 20' 0"; Elev.
/
A stage in tlie Turkuman district of Astarabad, 32 miles from Gurgan, on
the road to the Atrak rirer, from which it is 14 miles distant. It is marked
by an imamzada placed on an isolated hill.-— [Napier.)
KHALKANLU TUZANLU—Lvt. , Long. ; Elev. ^
A village in Daraghaz, Khurasan, half a mile south of the road to Euehan
by the Darwand pass, and 12 miles north-west of Muhammadabad. It
contains 20 houses.— [hapier.)
KHAMAKt— Lat. , Long. ^ ; Elev. ^
A village in Sistan, inhabited by the Shahnki tribe.— [Napier.)
KII AMS A BAD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. ^ '.
A village in Khurasan, on the road from Saidabad to Sultan Maidan.—
[ War Office Report on Persia, Part PI, Route 155.)
KIIANA-I-AJAB+— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A hill in Kurdish Khurasan, 10 miles north-west of Shirwan and 2,000
feet above the level of the valley on which it stands.— -[Napier.)
KHANAK— Lat. 33° 34 / 0", Long. 59° 6' 0"; Elev. 6,550' [St. John).
A village and pass in Khurasan, 60 miles from Birjand on the road to
Mashhad by Kain. The pass is 800 feet above the valley, and the
ascent is very gradual. The descent is by a narrow stony path in the
steep slope of the hill, and would have to be improved for guns : this
could easily be effected. A fine viewuf the town of Kam is obtained from
the summit of the pass.— [Goldsmid, Bellew.)
KHAN BtJBTJN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in north-eastern Khurasan.— [Pctrusevitch.)
K HAN-I-BILAGH—Lat. , Long. ^ ; Elev. ^ '.
A fine hill, just above the town of Bujnurd in Kurdish Khurasan.— [Mac
Gregor.)
KHAN-I-HUDI— Lat. 35°55'0' / , Long. 55° 55' 30"; Elev. 3,500' [Napier).
A village in Khurasan, 5*H miles from Shahrud on the road to Turshiz,
consisting of 200 houses. The water is good and plentiful, and supplies
are procurable.— [Taylor.)
KHANLTJK— Lat. 36° 19' 25", Long, 58° 35' 30"; Elev. _' [Napier).
A large village in the district of Nishapur, Khurasan, in the hilly country
of the Amanlu Kurds, and 12 miles north-west of the town of Nishapur.
It is situated on the right bank of the river Bura, and is remarkable for
its large gardens.— [Khanikoff, Napier.)
KHANYEGMEG—
A clan of the Yamut Turkumans, subdivided into the Asslanjok,
Ostajok, Khartom, and Kuki Kara.— [Thomson.)
KHANZAI—
A Baluch tribe in Khurasan, numbering 1,000 families.— [Stewart.)
KHARGGSHI—Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A place on the road from Samuan to Khaf in Khurasan, about 78 miles
from Samnan. There is a spring of barely drinkable water here. Desert.
A few nomads live here in winter. Nothing but camels and sheep
* Tire “ Prophet's Partner.” t The “ Kimak ” (g. v.) of Bellew, &c.
J The “ Wonderful Abode.”
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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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