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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [198v] (403/722)
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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Passes over the Kurdistan Range*
Khdsran to Dilman—height of pass 7,000 feet (no mention is made of
Passes over the Kurd- g’i'eat difficulties), by spurs of Shiah Rish, and villages
is tan mountains. of Neri and Holaneh.
Meri to Urmia—steep, and in parts only 2 feet wide.
Rowanduz to Ushnai (the pass of Keli-Shin)f—over the Iva Shaikh
mountain, commonly called the “ Peak." The height of this pass is 10,568
feet; and though so difficult as to be hardly available for military operations,
it is probable that in ancient times this was the road between Nineveh and
Ecbatana. Mention is made by Mr. Ainsworth of another track or great
ancient road direct from Ushnai, past an ancient monument, and across the
Keli-Shin.
The Suj Buidk routes to Musul.
(a) The northern passes through the district of Sulduz, south-west of
lake Urmia to Ushnai (called also Ushnin) ; thence over the Keli-
Shin pass, said to be 1,U00 feet high, via the valley of Sijakchai to
Rowanduz.
(t>) The southern or GarushinJ route from the fortress of Paschi (con
sisting of a crumbling wall surrounding the house of the Khan),
over the watershed of the little Zab (6,180 feet), and down the
va lley of the Suj Bulak river.
Kieperths map shows a shorter route, but by a higher pass, via Legwin.
The next group of passes which claim our attention are those leading
from Persian territory through the Zagros range, and converging on Suii-
maniah, an important Turkish frontier town, whence numerous roads diverge
to Musul and Baghdad.
From Sulimaniah vid Mosnair, the Daru mountain, Baitush, and the
spur which separates Kizilchai from the Banah Rud. This is described as
a very difficult route, but was passed as winter was setting in.
From Sulimaniah via Bistan and Banah to Miradah, over mount Zagros,
three ranges are crossed, each taking a day; and the difficulties encountered
are very great.
The Giozheh pass via Doladregh, Panjwin, and Guaizawara§ (the easiest
overthe bare wall of hills which bounds Sulimaniah on the east). Opinions
on the subject of this road differ widely. Beyond Guaizawara, the pass is
known by the name of “ Garran that by Ardbaba to Banah is reckoned
easier.
Panjwin is the emporium of the wandering tribes, and contains a Jewish
colony. Caravans go thence to Hamadan in eight days and Sihna in
four.
From Sulimaniah to Sihna, over the Kali Balin hill, the villages of Bistan,
Suta, and Haji Muhammad, by a path over the mountains to Kara Bokra ;
then, crossing the headwaters of the Kizil Uzan river on a plateau to Sihna.
(From Kara Bokra to Sirkhun-i-Shelal, the capital of Teratul, is four hours,
and thence to Bistan four hours.)
* Carr.
t or “ Ganashim.”
f or “ Kalashin.”
§ “ Gezakwara,” in Kiepert’s map.
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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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