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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [184r] (372/722)
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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Aliabad, Ispardih, Amirabad, Barkot, Birjand, and about 40 others.—
(Bellew.)
M 1 N A BAD — Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A fort in the buluk of the same name in Khurasan, which gives its
name to the Kuh Mummabad. It formerly belonged to Hasan Sabah, the
chief of the Mulhids, or assassins.” It is situated in the hill country
near Furg, but is now in mins. It is said to be a strong place, and to cover
a considerable extent of ground.— [Stewart.)
MtdNAIDTJJ— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village, surrounded with gardens, at the foot of the Isfian range, on the
Nimbuluk plain in Khurasan.— [Bellew.)
MIJNAWAJ— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in the Nimbuluk buluk of the Kain district of Khurasan.—
[Bellew.)
MURAEABAI)—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in the Nimbuluk buluk of the Kam district of Khurasan.—
[Bellew.)
MURARA-TLPE— Lat. 37° 58' 0", Long. 56° 7' 0" ; Elev.
[Intelligence Department, War Ojfice).
A village in northern Khurasan, situated on the Atrak river. —[Intelligence
Department, War Office.)
MTJRDISTAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in the Zmk subdivision of the Tabas district of Khurasan.—
[MacGregor.)
MU RT AW AN G—L at. , Long. ^ ; Elev.
A village in the Narjun buliik of the Kam district of Khurasan.—
[Bellew.)
MURTAZ A ALl MAI DAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
An elevated plateau in northern Khurasan, between Jajarm and Nardin,
It drains to the south; and up to the time of the Russian occupation of the
Atak was completely desolate, forming part of the neutral ground between
Kurd and Turkuman.— [Napier.)
MUSHTARJI— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in the Kuchan plain, northern Khurasan.— [Napier.)
MUSIRAZ— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. ^
A village in the Kakh buluk of the Tabas district of Khurasan.— [Bellew.)
MUT—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A fort in Khurasan, 15 miles from Birjand, on the road to Farah. It is
laised on a mound, and surrounded by a village. M ater from wells.—
[Liwisden.)
MUZAFFARABAD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, 32 miles from Sultanabad (Turshiz), on the south of
the road to Shahrud.— [Taylor.)
MtJZDARAN—L at. 36° 12'30", Long. 60 s 32' 30"; Elev. 3,250' [Napier).
A village and military post in Khurasan, 53i miles from Mashhad, on the
road to Sarakhs, from which it is 50 miles distant. It has several watch-
towers, with a nominal garrison of 50 Persian foot and 50 horse.
41
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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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