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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [150v] (305/722)
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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KONEII-I-GEBR-Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, between Rum and Kafn at 6 miles from the for
mer. It lies £ mile to the left of the road.— (Rozario.)
KORKHtTD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A mountain in northern Khurasan, the high spurs of which are crossed
on the third stage of the road from Nardm to Kizil-Arvai.— (JFar Office
Report on Persia, Part II, Route 173.)
KOTAI— Lat. 37° 48' 0", Long. 57° 43' 30"; Elev.
A village in northern Khurasan, about 38 miles north-east of Bujnurd.—
{Intelligence Department, JFar Ojfjice.)
KOTAL DEWA BAIJTJND— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
The point where the main range of Khurasan, here called Kuh Aladaoh
begins to throw out fewer and fewer spurs, until it dies away in undulations
terminated by the Tajand.— {MacGregor.)
KOTALI —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Kurdish Khurasan, 5 miles w^est of Muhammadabad and
about 5 miles north of the road thence to Kuchan.— {MacGregor.)
KOTAL-I-HUNKAT— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '
A pass in Kurdish Khurasan, above the Atrak river and about 48 miles
from Bujnurd on the road to Chikishliar. The ascent from .the east is steep,
but this kotal has been crossed by guns.— {MacGregor, from Native inform
ation.)
KOTAL-I-JAGHARK— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A pass in Khurasan, 10 miles from Mashhad, on the road to Nishapur. It
is a light ascent of 300 feet, consisting chiefly of magnesian limestone.
{Rozario.)
KO PAL-I-JILIN-BILIN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. 7,180'.
A pass in the province of Astarabad, 16 miles from the town of Astarabad,
on the road to Shahrud. The northern side of the pass is densely wooded*
but the southern slope less so. The natives assert that the name is an imi
tation of the whistling of the wind that blows continually on the summit,
and renders the passage very dangerous in winter. Caravans surprised in
this locality by a snowstorm often perish.— •{Napier, Khanikoff.)
KOTAL-I-KHOJA YARDIH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A pass in Khurasan, 7 toiles from Shirwan, on the road to’Bujnurd. The
ascent is easy and 3 miles in length. During the last part the road is
commanded by bold cliffs on the left, affording a good position from which
to pour fire on an unwary enemy. The descent is quite easv, but very
stony for a mile-and-a-half to a mill turned by the water of a fine tributary
of the Atrak, which joins it near Garmakhan.— {MacGregor.)
KOTAL-I-KTJSHTANI— Lat. , Long. • Elev
A pass and village in northern Khiirasan, about 15 miles’from Chacha, oii
the road to Kalat-i-Nadin from Sarakhs. The ascent from the east is
very diihcult, horsemen being unable to ride up.— {Mac Greg or )
KOTAL-I-LAIM— Lat. , Long. ; Elef. '
A pass in Kurdish Khurasan on the road from Kaiat to Daraghaz The
ascent and descent are steep by a narrow and stony path.—{MacGregor.)
KOTAL-I-NISHAPlj R— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. 9,400'.
A pass in Khurasan traversed between Mashhad and Nfshapur, about 30
miles from the former. The ridge runs north and south, and has a broad
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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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