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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [310v] (627/722)
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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PISAK, on PISTlKH— Lat. 33" 0' 30", Long. 59" 15" 0^ Elev.
A viUate^and fort in Khurasan, picturesquely situated in the Samand-
i-Shah range, about 12 miles from Bujndrd, on the road to Kam. It is in
the Alghur subdivision of the Kam district.— ( Goldsmid, Bellew.)
PlSARAK—L at. 37° 13' 25" {Fraser), Long. 55° 18' 56" {St. John) - Elev.
/
A village in the province of Astarabad, 55 miles north-east of the town
of Astarabad.
PISHINGAN—Lat. , Long. ; Elev. •
A villao-e in northern Khurasan, about 16 miles east of Mshapur, a little
north of the road, to Darud and Kadamgah.—
PfSHKALA—L at. 37° 40' 0", Long. 56° 45' 0"; Elev. ^ ' {Napier).
A halting-place, 36 miles from Bujnurd, on the road to Karakala in the
Garmakhan valley.—(AT^r.)
PISBA—
See “Sangar.”
PISTA KHAN— Lat. , Long. > Elev.
A villac^e in Khurasan, situated in the Sfhdih valley of the Kain district
to the west of the road from Birjand to Mashhad, _ and about 22 miles
from the former town. It has some cultivation and fruit gardens.—(GWi-
smid, Bellew.)
POTIH-JUNGAH-Lat. .Long. ; Elev
A halting-place, 16 miles east of Awaz, on the border of Khurasan, on the
road to Anardara. There is a pond here, with water good and plentiful —
{Stewart.)
PUKHLI KALA— Lat. , Long. ; E py-
A village in northern Khurasan, 66 miles west of Bujnurd, on the road to
Astarabad by Gurgan. 4\ ater, forage, and fuel are here abundant. There
is an old sarai here.— {MacGregor.)
PUL-I-ABRESHAM—Lat. 36° 22' 0", Long. 56° 30' 0"; Elev.
{Napier). .
A bridge over the Ab-i-Shur or Kal-i-Mura stream, forming the boundary
line between the Sabzawar district of Khurasan and the Shahrud-Bustan
district. It is an ancient and decayed brick bridge of a single high arch,
built by Shah Abbas, across the Kal-i-Mura. It was fixed in 1752 a.d.
as the limit of the Durani empire. Thirty-two miles north is another
bridge of the same name over the same stream. The former spot is often
mentioned in the history of Khurasan.
There is nothing but a dry, deep bed of the river here, the stream being
brackish and bitter.— -{Clarke, KhauiJcoff, Bellew, MacGregor, Nupie> , Stew
art.)
PUL-I-HAJl IB R A HfM *— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A stream and bridge in the province of Astarabad, about 2 miles from
Ghaz, on the road to the town of Astarabad.— {Napier.)
PUL-I-KHATTJNf—L at. 35° 59' 0", Long. 61° 19' 0" ; Elev.
{Napier).
A village and name of an old stone bridge over Hari Rud river, 90 miles
* The “ Bridge of the Hajl Ibrahim ;
f The “ Lady’s Bridge.”
(a celebrated
wazir
Minister.
of Persia ,—vide History).
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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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