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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [185r] (374/722)
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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NABAT-X-MAI— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A ruined sarai in Khurasan^ between Calihar-Gumbaz and Urdugah, on the
road from Mashhad to Sarakhs, 25 miles east of the former.— [MacGregor.)
NAD-ALl— Lat. , Long. ; Elea.
The name of an old fortress, now in rains, east of Agajan, in Afghan
territory, on the eastern border of Sistan. It is situated on an eminence.
Its rampart and parapet walls have fallen on all sides, and the central tower,
the only vestige remaining erect, exhibits the ravages made by time. The
whole structure is built of kiln-baked and glazed bricks, and the presence
of fragments of pottery, porcelain, and glassware proclaim its having
seen better days, and those not earlier than the Muhammadan era, as the coins
here found with Cufic inscriptions testify. A mile off stands the Mmar, a
watch-tower, octagonal in form, with a spiral staircase within, leading to
an open terrace, and also at equal distances, one upon the other, two com
partments intended, no doubt, for the use of watchmen. The space between-
the Minar and Nad AH is strewed with remains of old buildings in contin
uous succession, leading to the inference that the whole formed one tower.
Nad AH and its district was in 1873 under the rule of
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Sharaf Khan
of Kila Nan, and is populated principally by Baluchis, who live in curiously
constructed huts of mud, roofed over with coarse carnation, and who, though
seemingly miserable, appear contented, happy, and well-fed. Silian (q. v.),
Kilafut, and Zaidan were evidently contemporaries with Nad AH.—
(Rozario.)
NA DIR-I-TAPA*— Lat. , Long. ^ _ ; Elev. ^
A hill to the north-east of the town of Kuchan in Khurasan, rising about
150 feet above it at a distance of 2,500 or 3,000 yards, and completely
commanding the town at that range. It is celebrated as the spot where the
great conqueror Nadir was assassinated while besieging Kuchan during
one of its frequent fits of rebellion.— (3facGregor.)
NAFTA— Lat. , Long. ; Llev. _ .
One of the eight small villages of the Kalat-i-Nadiri plateau, situated on
its north bank, or highlands, and 8 miles distant from Kalat in Khurasan.
It has some 50 houses .—~\Petrusevitck, MacGregor, JSa'pie).)
NAGORIH-KHANAf— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. _ b
« The pavilion of hot-summer” is the name given to a spot m the desert
between Birjand and Khabis. It lies about 20 miles south-west of the
Gud-i-Nimak in Khurasan.— [Khanikoff.)
NAHRtXI-BALTdCH— _ , .
A tribe now settled in Sistan. They were brought m and located at Burj
Alam and Kimak by Malik Bahrain Kaiani in the beginning o f the century
* ■ “ Nadir’s Hill.”
f No such word in Persian.
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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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- 1 volume (384 folios)
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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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