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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [193r] (390/722)
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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might produce about 20,000 to 25,000 men. All are more or less effib
ciently armed, and they have not yet lost their warlike instincts.
The Baiyats have some remnant of tribal cohesion,—a good deal of pride
of race and good physique.
If their allegiance were secured, they might prove useful auxiliaries to
a regular force. There appear to be no local chiefs in the districts likely
to take a lead, or to possess any extensive influence with the people.
The Amanlu Kurds would probably follow the leading of the Kurd chief
of Kuchan.
Every village in Nishapur is defended in the usual manner, but of late
these defences have been allowed to fall into disrepair; for the country has
for some years been free from Turkuman ravages from Sarjam and the
east, and for a long period safe towards the west.
NIVANABAD— La.t. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in northern Khurasan, 12| miles west of Mashhad, on the road
to Nishapur.— [Buzario.)
NUANDAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. ^
A large village of 700 houses, 8 miles north-west of Daraghaz in Khurasan,
on the road to Askabad.— [Napier.)
NUGAU-HINDWALAN— Lat. , Long. ^ ; Elev.
A village in eastern Khurasan, 73 miles east of Kain, on the road to
Anardara. It has water and supplies.— [MacGregor.)
NUGHAB— Lat. , Long. _ ; Elev. . ..
A village in the Zawah subdivision of the Turbat-i-Haidan district of
O
Khurasan— [Bellewi)
NUGHAB— Lat. 33° 52' (U, Long. 59° 1' O'"; Elev. ^ [MacGregor.)
A small village in Khurasan, on a branch road between Kain and Kakh.
It is situated in the middle of the wide valley of the Taginsch, and is de
stitute of trees, with but little cultivation and bad water. A considerable
quantity of saffron is produced here, and a little silk.— MacGregor.)
NUGHAB, or NAGHAB— Lat. , Long. ;Elev .
A laro-e village in the Gunabad subdivision of the Tabas district ot
Khurfian, 15 miles north of Birjand, on the road to Tun. It is described
as a detestable place, treeless, waterless, and without cultivation. [Bellew,
MacGregor.)
NUGHAB, or NAGHAB— Lat. , Long. J LojL ^
A village in the Nimbuluk subdivision of the Kain district of Khurasan.
Water and supplies procurable. It is two stages from Birjand, on the roa
to Sabzawar. Stewart found the place almost deserted in 1882, though
crops were growing in the field.— [MacGregor, Steivart.)
NTJKHtJR— Lat. 38° 35' 0", Long. 57° 2' 0 V ; Elev. ' [Stewart).
A frontier village in northern Khurasan, on the border of the Atak, and 5
miles south of the village Archaman, which is in the KiM.—[ttewart.)
NUKHTJR— Lat. , Long. 1 Llev. /• .
A village in the Kopet Dagh range, north-east of Khurasan. U-e in-
habitants rendered considerable assistance to the E,usiuns during t )O two
campaigns against Gok-Tapa. But at the first visrt ot the tas-col!ector
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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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