![‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [‎152r] (308/722)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000001452.0x0002d7/Mss Eur F112_376_0314.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [‎152r] (308/722)")
‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [152r] (308/722)
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.
plain to the border of the Sultan Maidan. The whole of these boundaries
are tolerably well defined.
The area above given includes the whole of the fertile plain of Kuchan
Plain> and Shir wan, which has a total length from Kala
Yusuf Khan to the Tang-i-Rezabad of 50 miles, and
an average width of about 20 miles, making in all 1,000 square miles.
This level plain occupies nearly the centre of the district. North the
Mountains north. rise in , to wide, open, ravine-cleft
plateaux, wmch reach to the Atak crest, and de
scend in an abrupt rugged wall, supported by buttress-like spurs, into the
plain. A central line of rocky peaks traverses these plateaux from north
west to south-east.
To the south the slopes rise more abruptly to a rugged chain, marked by
the prominent peak of Shah Jahan, the southern-
Mountams south, 1 . ^ 7 , T .
spurs o± which tail into the istarain and Juvam plain.
The extent of plateau land is difficult to estimate ; but it cannot be less
than one-fourth of the northern section of the mountainous portion of
the district, which would give an area of about 250 square miles.
The principal mountain peaks of the chief ship are—in the south, Shah
. Jahan, reputed the highest mountain in Khurasan,
Promment peals. ^ ^ ris ; ng feom tlw southerll
chain of the eastern Alburz. Both must have an elevation of from 9,000
to 10,000 feet.
From the northern chain rises the line of peaks or elevated ridges before
mentioned, running from the Atak south-east, and known as Kuh Gifan,
Patagii, Baghan, Kunja Khur, Chuinlu, and Buz. The drainage of these
mountains falls north-east into the Garmakhan or upper Atrak, and west
into the northern tributaries of the Atrak.
The only considerable streams are the Garmakhan, also known to the
Persians as the Sumbar,**—though that name is not
* Streams. j n } oca ] usej —which drains the plateaux north of
Kuchan, flows east, and then bending west traverses the Kuchan plain;
and the Daraghaz stream, which rises north-east of Kuchan and north of
the main watershed line, and flows east for about 15 to 20 miles into
Durano-ar, a valley of Daraghaz. Shah Jahan and Takht-i-Mirza send three
small streams into the Kuchan plain; and from, the north flow three streams
one from the Isfijir valley, one from the Gifan valley, and one from
Khushkhana, which joins the Atrak in Bujnurd.
Roads and routes. The principal roads of the district are—
1 The main r0 ad to Mashhad hj Chinaran. Passable for wheeled carriage.
2. To Daraghaz by Kala Yusuf Khan and the Allahu Akbar pass. Passable for
laden mules.
3. To Bujnurd by Chinaran. Rough, hut passable for wheeled carriage.
4. To Bujnurd by Rezabad. Passable for mules.
5. To Daraghaz by Chuinlu, Durangar, and Dawand pass. Passable for mules.
6. To the Atak by Darbadan. Passable for mules.
7. To the Atak by Aughaz. Passable for mules.
8. To the Atak by Khushkhana. Passable for mules.
9. To Sabzawar across the Takht-i-Mxrza and Isfarain plain. Passable for mules.
10. By Bam, Safiabad, and the Juvain plain to Nishapur. Passable for mules.
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’ [152r] (308/722), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F112/376, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100107690762.0x00006d> [accessed 24 November 2024]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100107690762.0x00006d
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_100107690762.0x00006d">‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [‎152r] (308/722)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100107690762.0x00006d"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000001452.0x0002d7/Mss Eur F112_376_0314.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