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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [182r] (368/722)
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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MlR —Lat. , Long. ; Elev. / .
A village in northern Khurasan, in the district of Daraghaz, and on the
road from Muhammadabad to Lutfahad and the Atak.— {Stewart.)
MlRABAD—L at. , Long. ; Elev.
A range of hills in Khurasan, which hound the plain of Nishapur on the
east, and lie between Mashhad and NEhapur, being crossed by the Eihrud
pass, 9,300'. They are described as high, bare, and stony, and are called
further north the ‘ Binaluh Kuh ’ range. They are a spur from the Alburz
hills.— {Clerk.),
MIRANDlz—L at. 34° 46' 0", Long. 58° 23' 0"; Elev. ' {Napier).
A fortified village in Khurasan, 2 miles to the west of the road from
Bajistan to Mashhad, on the borders of the Kavir, or salt desert.— {Bellew.)
MIR WAN—Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in northern Khurasan. It is situated on the hills, about 16 miles
west-north-west of Kuchan.— {MacGregor.)
MtRZA GAS HIT —Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A pass in Khurasan, 56 miles from Mashhad and 4 miles from Wardih, on
the road to Kalat-i-Nadiri. This watershed drains to Kalat on one side,
and towards the Dasht-i-Turkuman on the other.— {MacGregor.)
MlRZAZAl—
The name of a clan of Baluchis resident in Persia, numbering about 400
families.— {Stewart.)
MISHKAN—Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in Khurasan, about 27 miles from Sabzawar, on the road to
Nishapur by Sultan Maidan, and 60 miles from north-west of Nishapur.
It is described as a considerable village.— {Gibbons, MacGregor.)
MOJANU— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. ' {Shdhrid).
A village in the Kuhpaia buluk of the Shahrud-Bustan district. The inhab
itants are Arab and Persian in about equal proportions.— -{Napier.)
MONAH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A valley in the Kurdish portion of Khurasan, at the head of the Atrak
river. It is described as a very fine valley. It was once populous, but was
devastated by Turkomans, and is now occupied by some Goklan Turkomans,
who have been driven from their own country.— {Fraser.)
2TTJD— Lat. 32°42 / 0' / , Long. 59°29T0' / ; Elev. 5,260' {St. John), 6,050' {Bel-
lew).
A village in Khurasan, 24 miles south-east of Birjand, on the road to Sfstan.
It is situated in a valley of the same name, about 4 miles broad. Mud
is an open village of 300 neatly-built domed houses, many of which were
found deserted in 1872, partly owing to the emigration during the former
three years of famine, but principally to the insecurity of the country
during the past century from forays by Baluch, Afghan, and Turkumaa
robbers. These have, however, of late years been repressed by the firm rule
of the Amir of Kain. The valley of Mud is encircled on the right by sand
stone hills of varied hue, the whole terminating in a narrow strip of rock,
over which is situated a village, surrounded by an orchard. About midway
there is a break in the continuity of the hills; and through the gap another
extensive valley is visible. On the left, snow-clad mountains rise high, and
send down an ample stream over the plain to irrigate the villages at the
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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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