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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [162r] (328/722)
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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KULIABAD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A halting'-place in the Astarabad province, 14- miles from Astarabad, on the
road to Bujnurd.— [Thomson.)
KULKULTJ— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
West of the Kalta Chinar valley, and towards the south of the Kopet
Dagh by the Firuzi valley, is Kulkulu, opening to the north. The head
waters of the Kulkulu stream is occupied by a Kurd settlement belonging
to the Kuchan province. The source is in a hollow, completely closed and
accessible only by way of the clefts through which the waters pass out.—■
[Petrusevitck.)
KULUND—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A halting-place on the border of eastern Khurasan, on the road from Bir-
jand to Pahri, a stage east of Yazdan.— [MacGregor.)
KUMACH KHTJB,— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A small fort in Kurdish Khurasan on the road between Kalat and Dara-
ghaz.— [Mac Gregor.)
KUMAB—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A hill in Khurasan, on which the village Kishn is situated. A good
view of Kalat-i-Nadin is obtainable from its summit.— [MacGregor.)
KUMIYAB— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. /;
A mere halting-place in Afghanistan outside eastern Khurasan, 106 miles
east of Lutfabad, on the road to Kala Kaushid Khan. No water.—(5^-
wart.)
KUNAH-GdSHA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A halting-place in Khurasan; 7 miles east of Mashhad; on the road to
Marv.— [l)dud Shah.)
KUNAR-I-KAPA— Lat. , Long. 5 Elev '•
A halting-place in Khurasan, 2 stages, 34- miles, from Khaf, on the road to
Sabzawar in Afghanistan. Water is obtainable.—(T/acGWycr.)
KUNA-URGANJ— Lat. , Long. ^ ; Elev. .
An encamping ground of the Yamut Turkumans, north of the Astarabad
province.— [Petrusevitch.)
KUNDAR— Lat. , Long. 5 t E 7f v - ^ _
The site of ruins in Sistan, 25 miles from Sihkuha, on the road to Bam.
These ruins are of great extent; and as late as 1872 the houses and walls
of sunburnt bricks were standing in an excellent state preservation. The
place is said to have been abandoned about the year 1780.—
KUNDIH StJKHTA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '•
A halting-place in Afghanistan, 10 stages from Mazar-i-Shanf, on the road
to Herat, which is 7 stages distant. It is on the border of the Gaur
country.— [Stewart.) ,
KUNWOKLI— Lat. , Long. ^Elev. ^
A sta-e on the road from Mashhad to Sarakhs by Muzdaran and 10 miles
from the latter. There is water here in the spring season.—[Stewart.)
KtJNDUR Lat. , Long. ’ -A
A considerable village in the Alghur subdivision of the Kain district, in
Khurasan, on the road from Tun to Birjand and on the stage from Afns to
MzaMbidi.—[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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