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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [151v] (307/722)
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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improves after a .Lit, but continues indifferent for 2 miles. From the
crest the road descends immediately into the desolate basin of Zardawa,
which has been a former lake bed and is about 5 miles long by 3 miles
across.— {Mac Greg or.)
KOTAL KCSHLAK— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A pass in Astarabad, IS miles from the city of Astarabad, on the road to
Shahrud. The ascent on the Shahrud side over the pass to the old site
of the now deserted village of Kushlak is diflicult; but thence the road
through a forest is level to Astarabad.— {MacGregor.)
K0TAL-TVTJ-M1 NtJ*—L at. , Long. ; Elev. 9,332'.
A pass in the province of Astarabad, about 19 miles from the town of
Astarabad, on the road to Shahrud by the Kuzluk pass. Some trees are found
on the northern face of the pass; but the summit is perfectly bare, and
the descent on the south is by a very rapid slope, bordered by deep crevasses
to the dry plains of Khurasan.— (Khanikuff.)
KOTAL ZILAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
An easy pass in the Kuchan district of Khurasan, between Aughaz and
Awardan, on the road from Kuchan to Askabad.'— {Napier.)
KOTAL ZURABAD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
An easy pass in the Jam district of Khurasan, between Zurabad and the
town of Jam.— [MacGregor.)
KOTIALL = KOTALLI, in Daraghaz.
KOTtJNOA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
Hills in Khurasan, 65 or 70 miles south-west of Damghan. [MacGregor.)
KTJCH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A defile on the northern frontier of Khurasan, leading from Bujnurd to
the Atak country. It is one of the defiles through which the Turko
mans pass on raids into the Persian territory. It is 28 miles from Kizil-
Arvat .— {Thomson, MacGregor .)
KtJCHAt— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A place in the desert of Lut in southern Khurasan, met with on the first
march from Dih-i-Saif on the road to Birjand. It is so called from
two rows of even boulders, which line the route on either side, and some
what resemble houses.— [Khanikojf.)
KECHAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
The ckiefship of Kuchan is, as before noted, the most^ flourishing and
populous of the districts of Khurasan. It extends
: . north-east from the border of Bujnurd, 50 miles, to
Extent and boundaries. ^ o£ ^ district o£ t he Kiwanlu
Kursu, and from the crest of the Atak range, south-west, about 40 to
50 miles, to the watershed of the Shah Jahan mountain, where it borders
on Bugniari, Bam and Safiabad, and Isfaram; a total area or about 2,000
to 2,500 square mdes. MacGregor estimates the area or this district at
about 3,500 square miles. Its western boundary runs about north, from
the border of Isfarafn, and passing 14 to 15 miles east of Bujnurd,
includes the Khushkhana plateau, and strikes the Atak near Yangi Kala.
Thence the northern boundary follows the Atak crest to a point 8 to
10 miles west of Durangar, and nearly opposite Arnan. The eastern
boundary runs from this south-east to Kala Yusuf Khan, and acioss the
* Possibly “ Wijak Mimi “ The Clear Heavens.” The same as “ Kotal-i-Wajmanu/
t A “ Street.”
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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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