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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [342v] (691/722)
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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Shahrfki, &c.; that is, they are on a better footing’ of equality with
their masters. They have no possession in the soil, except as tenants under
the Sangarani owners; and there are fewer restrictions on their liberties
than is the case with the dihkans. They are almost entirely employed as
shepherds and agriculturists. They know nothing of handicraft or trades,
with the exception of weaving, and working the wicker frames of their huts.
The few traders they have need of, are followed by the members of the
dihkan clan, of whom there are a few settled in the larger villages.— (Bel-
lew.)
TAWAR— Lat. 87° 18' 27", Long. 56° 53' 45'; Elev. 4,640' [Lemm).
A village in Khurasan in the district of Bujnurd.— {Napier, 1876.)
TAWAlt —Lat. , Long. ; Elev. ' '.
A military post in Khurasan, 101 miles from Muzdaran, on the road to
Sarakhs. It lies on the north bank of the Kashaf Rud.— {Napier7)
TAWARIK, or TAWARI—Lat. 87° 9' 30", Long. 58° 41' 20"; Elev.
{Napier).
A village in Kurdish Khurasan, on the road from Muhammadabad to
Kuchan. It is prettily situated in a little valley, surrounded by picturesque
mountains and by many trees. It has a good deal of cultivation ; but
might have much more, as no less than four fairly plentiful streams dis
charge their water into it. One of these streams is the chief source of the
Atrak river. It is crossed at Tawarik by a small bridge.— {MacGregor,
Stewart.)
TAWlL— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A small hamlet in Kurdish Khurasan, 24 miles from Kuchan, on the road to
Daraghaz. It contains 10 houses of Kawanlu Kurds, and is situated in a
bleak, treeless, barren valley or glen, enclosed by a lofty, serrated rida-e.—
{Napier)
TAWlL— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A stream in northern Khurasan, flowing from Daraghaz westward to
the Kuchan valley. It is the most distant feeder or source of the Atrak
river.— {Napier. )
TAZRI— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in the Astarabad district, situated in the apex between the Tapal
range and the Shantu, amidst the ramifications of the lower spurs.—
{.Lovett)
TEL-I-KALANDAR— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A spot in the desert of Lut, about which Khanikoff gives the following
story : “ By the clear light of a summer morning, thirty dervishes, going to
Karman, saw from the environs of Milisbakhtu (?) the snowy peaks of the
mountains of Khabis against the horizon. Being mistaken as to the
distance of this chain, they commenced crossing the Lut, with a small supply
of water. On arriving at this spot, their strength failed them ; and they all
died of fatigue, heat, and thirst.”— {Khdnikoff)
TIFLAK— Lat. 31° 1' 0", Long. 61° 43' 0" ; Elev. ' {St. John).
A ruined fort in Persian Sistan, with the remains of the city in embryo
designed by the Persians for the capital of Sfstan before the building of
Nasirabad was under contemplation.
The site was abandoned, as it was found that the high wind here prevalent
covered the houses with sand almost as fast as erected. Some one or two
hundred inhabitants are still living here. These people pride themselves in
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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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