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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [160v] (325/722)
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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the western summit of the range, which separates Khurasan from Mazan-
daran.— [Bellew.)
KTJH KHISHT— Lat. , Long. ^ ; E lev. 4,000'.
A. prominent peak within the circuit of the Kalat-i-Nadiri plateau. It ig
formed of chalk tilled with marine shells known as ‘gryphsa/— [Napier)
KtJH KHWAJA StfAHZ— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
An extensive range in the tract of country known as Zir Kuh-i-Kain in
Khurasan. The highest peak of these mountains is just above the village
of Eundukhi, and must be at least 8,000 or 9,000 feet high. There is said
to be a small plateau on the top, with two springs of water and two shrines;
the one called Khwaja Shahz, the other Sultan Suliman, after a son of the
Imam Reza. Some small streams pour down from these hills ; but the
country is a poor one.— [Stewart.)
KtJH KHWAJA YAR—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A low range rising just behind Khaf in Khurasan.— [Stewart.)
KtlH KOCHAR—Lat. , Long. ; Elev. 4,000'.
A prominent peak in the mountains which enclose the Daraghaz Atak in
Khurasan.— [Napier.)
KtJH KOJAK— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A mountain in Sistan, formerly surrounded by the Hamun marsh. It lies
25 miles due west of Ban jar.— [Bellew.)
KtlH MAHOMED BEG —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A hill in Khurasan bearing 164° from Kuchan.— [MacGregor.)
KtJH MALIK SI AH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A hill on the range dividing Sistan from the desert of Karman. A line
drawn from this hill to Kohuk constitutes part of the Sistan boundary,
as defined hy Sir Frederick Goldsmid.— [MacGregor.)
KtJH MAN AO— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A hill in the Kain district of Khurasan bearing 35° from Yazdan, distant
about 25 miles.— [MacGregor.)
KtJH MIHRABAD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A branch of the main range of Khurasan, which lies to the south of the
Mashhad valley. Napier calls it the fc Binabad Kuh.” Only one spur is
noticeable, namely, the one which runs out from about Sultan Maidan to
the south, divides the drainage of the Kal Mura system from that of
Nishapur, and then turns west and forms the Juvain or Jagatai ridge.
The inhabitants of the Kuh Mihrabad are chiefly Ajams.— [MacGregor,
Napier.)
KTJH MOMINABAD — Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A branch of the main range of Khurasan, which bounds the Birjand
drainage basin on the north-east.— [MacGregor.)
KtfH NAGENC— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A mountain in which turquoises are said to have been found in the Tabas
district of Khurasan.— [MacGregor)
KITH NOBUN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A spur of the Shutari range in the Tabas district of Khurasan.— [Stewart.)
KUH PAYA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A subdivision of the Shahrud-wa-Bustam district, consisting of the country
in the higher part of the hills in the north. It includes the villages of
Abarsik, Abrih, and Majand.— [MacGregor.)
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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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