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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [161r] (326/722)
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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KtTH SAFlD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A lialting'-plaee, with water but no inhabitants, in Khurasan, at the end of
the last stage but fourth on the route from Samnan to Tabas.— [Stewart.)
KtJHSAR— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. 6,000'.
The hig-hest peak in the Jagatai range of mountains in Khurasan. The
footpath from Mazinan in the Sabzawar district to Jagatai passes to
the south of this mountain.
KtJHSAR (KTJHZAR)— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in the Jagatai mountains, Khurasan, 11 miles west of the village
Jagatai. Water and supplies are scanty. It is 66| miles from Mazinan on
the road to Nfshapur via Jagatai.— [Napier.)
KTJH SARAKHOR— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A mountain in Khurasan, bearing 180° from Kuchan, 10 to 12 miles distant.
— [MacGregor.) t
KtJHSAR PLATEAU— Lat. 37° 15' 0", Long. 55° 50' 0"; Elev. 1,500 '.
A high block of undulating tableland, forming one of the eastern buluks
of the Astarabad province. It is supported at a height of from 1,000 to
1,500 feet above the plain of Gurgan by the southern spurs of the Kuh
Zirkai. The plateau has a length of about 30 miles, with a width of 10 to 12.
It has ample wood and water and a most fertile soil, supporting without
irrigation a population said to number 7,000 families. Its climate and
scenery are magnificent. As a cantonment for any force holding the Gurgan
Atrak plain, either of European or of Persian troops (for, unless natives,
the latter also suffer severely from the climate of Astarabad), no better
spot is to be found in the whole range of the Alburz. Its population,
which perhaps bears a larger ratio to area than that of any other rural
community in Persia, are a fine hardy race, chiefly Jaraili Turks; and they
speak Turkish, as well as Persian. 1 In this subdivision 1,500 armed
men might be collected in a day. The glens leading from the Kuhsar
plateau to the plain occupied by the Goklan Turkumans are inhabited by a
small tribe of Turk or Baluch origin, which, from the natural strength of its
country and the light hold the Persians have on the frontier, is able to
maintain a certain independence. It was found so difficult to control it
from Astarabad, that it was handed over to the Ukhani of Bujnurd, who is
able to reach it, if necessary. It has, however, submitted, and paid the arrears
of tribute due. It numbers 1,000 tents, and has a great reputation for
courage, strength, and expertness with its guns.— [Napier.)
KOH SHAH BAR— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
Hills on the right of the valley traversed on the first stage of the route
from Shahriid to Astarabad.— [MacGregor.)
KtJH SHAHJAHAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A branch of the main range of Khurasan, which bounds the Kuchan valley
on the south.— [MacGregor)
The southern spurs stretch out into the Juvafn valley.— [Napier)
KlJH SI AH BUBAK— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.^
The Afghan continuation of the Kuh Jami ? (see Tang-i-Daria ). [Stewart.)
KtJH SURKH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A range of hills in Khurasan, consisting of a low barren, rockyisolated
ridge, which runs nearly due east and west, and bounds the Nishapur district
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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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