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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [340r] (686/722)
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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TAGLtJABAD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan in the plain, a district of Pusht-i-Bustan, about 8
miles north of Bustan. It is one of the principal villages of the district.—
[MacGregor.)
TAGO— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A buliik of the Sabzawar district of Khurasan, situated to the north of
the Sabzawar plain.— [BeUrw.)
TAHAT-I-JULGAH, or TAHAT JULGAH-I-TAGHAN KTJH— Lat.
I jONG.
Elev.
It
the
is a tract of level
town of Nishapur,
A buluk of the Nishapur district of Khurasan,
plains south of the Taghan Kuh buluk and of
touching Sabzawar to the west.
The soil is saline, but fertile; and through it the Kal Shor ravine drains
west to the desert of Kashan. Where irrigated by karez, it yields good
crops of cotton and grain. The villagers are mixed Turks and Ajams, with
some few families of Kurds. They number about 1,000 families, or 4,000
souls.— [Bellew, Napier})
TAHRtJD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. 7 .
A walled village in Khurasan, on the road from Samnan to Tabas. It
has 500 houses, inhabited by Persians.— [terrier.)
TAIBAD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village of 100 houses on the eastern frontier of Khurasan at the foot
of the northern slope of the Kuh Sang-i-Dukktar, a few miles south of
Kahnz. There is a post of 30 horse here for border defence.— [Napier.)
TA1MTJRIS—
See “ Chahar Aimak.”
TAISTAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '•
A walled village of 100 houses, inhabited by Persians, m Khurasan, 2
miles east of Tabas, on the road to Birjand.— [Ferrier.)
TAJ AND— Lat. , Long. i Elen '• ,_ .
The continuation of the Han Rud river north from Pul-i-Khatun is so
called. It flows past Daulatabad and to the east of Sarakhs. Neai the
first-named place it runs with a very diminished stream between high,
steep banks; and at Sarakhs it is generally dry except m the spring or
after rain, the bed being filled with thick jungle of tamarisk. Much
further down at Kangali, where the caravan road from Kara Chacha dosses
the stream, it is said to be 200 yards wide, or, as it was described, it was a
gunshot across, meaning a shot from an ordinary Persian rifle. Beyond this
point opposite Mehna, where crossed by Mr. O Donovan in Maic i Ibb ,
it is described as a sluggish stream, the water surface scarcely fifty yards
wide, and in depth reaching over the horse's girths. The banks are
here of sandy marl, and grow plenty of trees and brushwood- the fmmei
from four to eight inches in diameter; also a large amount of drift oo .
Soon after this it is said to divide into four small streams sometimes dry,
and sometimes containing water. The nearest of ^
Atak is the smallest, and rarely has water in it. This ^ the one that s
the pool at Adna Awaz, the first bathing-place on the route fiom Lutfalvd
to Marv. Beyond this is a second branch of W -fled K^i ^
Bevond this again, a third branch, called Kachelh. due fourth or tuithest
Soh of the Ljah passes near Mah™. In th.s branch here rs nearly
always water ; though the other branches are often dry. In spring
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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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