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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [140v] (285/722)
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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KHEZAR. MASJID —Lat. , Long. ; Et.ev. y .
A mountain situated in the angle formed by the districts of Kuchan,
Daraghaz, and Kalat, in northern Khurasan.— (Petrusevilc/i.)
KHIABAN* —Lat. , Long. ; Elev. / .
A village in Khurasan, 5 miles from Mashhad, on the road to Sarakhs.—
{Mac Gregor.')
KHICH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. / .
A village of 200 houses lying on the eastern shoulder of Khush-i-Ailak,
in the Sarhad buluk of Shahrud-o-Bustan.— {Napier.)
KHISHTf— Lat. , Long. •, Elev. k
A small village of Khurasan, consisting of some 50 houses, surrounded
by cultivation, situated on the highlands of the Kalat plateau. The
neighbourhood affords good grazing in spring.— {MacGregor, Napier
Laud Khan.)
KHIZAR BAND —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A boulevard in Tabas, which runs out from the Darwaza Gulshan
towards the hills, and which has a double avenue of trees down each
side, with streams of water between them. It extends for about a mile
in length, and on either side are the houses and gardens of the wealthier
inhabitants.— {MacGregor.)
KH(5JA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in the Daraghaz Atak of Khurasan. It is inhabited by Sunni
Muhammadans.— {Stewart.)
KHOJA AHMAD —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A ^village in the Daraghaz Atak of Khurasan, 55 miles from Muhammad-
abad, on the road to Sarakhs. It is inhabited by Sunni Muhammadans,
and has water, fuel, and iomge.—{Napier, Stewart.),
KHOJA KALATI— Lat. 37° 41' O' 7 , Long. 57° 13' O' 7 ; Elev.
A village in northern Khurasan on the Garmakhan river. — {Intelligence
Department, War Office.)
KH (3 JA MAHALLA Lat. 38° 39' O' 7 , Long. 56° 15' 0"; Elev.
Ruins in northern Khurasan, at a point w r here roads meet from Kizil-
Aryat, Bami (28 miles), Bujnurd, and Chikishliar. It is situated on
a high plateau some 10 miles north of the Sunt river.— {Napier.)
KHOJA NAFAS —Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village, inhabited by the Yamut Turkumans, on the left bank of the
southern outlet of the Gurgan river into the Caspian Sea.— {Napier,
Thomson.)
KHOJA RABBI —Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A celebrated mausoleum and gardens about 4 miles north of Mashhad
in Khurasan. The architecture is in no way remarkable ; but the enamel
tilework and ornamentation is as good as, if not better than, anything
of the kind in xersia. ihe situation, too, is good,—being a terrace over
looking the valley of the Ab-i-Mashhad, with its numerous villages, gar
dens, and fields, and having a fine view of the main range to the north.—
{MacGregor)
* The “ Avenue.”
f A “Spear,” or a “ Bricls.” | J “ Haji Nafas ” on Walker’s Map.
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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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