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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [265r] (536/722)
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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them. In Mashhad, twenty-five years ago, the Jews were all forcibly
converted to Islam ; and many were massacred in the struggle which then
took place. And in Barfarush, in 1866, a number of Jews were cruelly
massacred ; and an attempt, which was nearly successful, was made to force
them to become Mussalmans. In places where they are not protected
by the presence of European officials, they are liable at any time to be
subjected to similar acts of violence and outrage.
The Gabars, or Parsis, in Persia, number 1,200 families, or 7,193 persons.
-c v They reside in Yazd and Karman, where they are well
Revenue paid by Gabars, trea { ed by the inhabitanto and authorities. A sum
of 907 tumans is paid annually to the government in Tihran by their agent
for the taxes due by the whole community, and no other demands are made
upon them.
The Christians, Jews, and Gabars in Persia are exempt from all military
service.
Expenditure .—Small as is the revenue of Persia, it is in excess of the
expenditure.
As will be perceived from the following statement of disbursements,^ a
surplus of at least one
crore
Equivalent to ten million, or one hundred lakhs. Used especially in connection with money (rupees).
of tumans, or 200,000/., is left annually, which
is paid into the ShalPs own treasury :—
Annual Expenditure.
For the army and equipment of troops
Salaries of princes, ministers, and government
employes
Pensions to priesthood and saiyids ..
Shah’s private expenses...
Extraordinary disbursements
Surplus paid into Shah’s treasury ..
Total
Tumans.
3-| crores
1 i
A
a 55
i „
i „
i
£
700,000
300,000
100,000
200,000
200,000
200,000
8 § crores = 1,700,000
As explained before, the payments in kind, valued at 200,000., are
employed for the use of the army, the Shah s private_ establishment, and
other purposes, and do not appear m this table, which only shows the
expenditure of the revenue received in money. .
Besides the surplus noted above, a considerable sum is paid into u ie
Shah’s treasury annually for presents given by governors and other officials
for their appointments; to which must be added the value of property
from time to time confiscated to the mown..
In the royal treasury is said to be now deposite
Treasure.
In gold tumans, ducats, and imperials
Gold furniture and plate belonging to the crown
Crown jewels, valued at
Tumans. £
7% crores — 1,500,000
2i „ = 500,000
10 „ = 2 , 000,000
Total
... 20 crores = 4 , 000,000
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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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