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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [343v] (693/722)
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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TOWIH— Lat. , Long. ; Elrv.
A village in Astarabad, between Chasrnah-i-AK and Sawab, on the road from
Fulhad Mahalla to Astarabad. — (Morns.)
TRAKlJ (SfsTAN)— Lat. . , Long. ; Egev.
A wide tract of fine, arable land to the south of the Sistan basin and of the
boundary line, and west and south of Bandar Kamal Khan. It is studded
with the ruins of villages, but has long remained a waste, on which graze the
herds of Sistan and Balueh nomads. The whole is said to be irrigable by
the water of the Helmand, and of far greater fertility and value than the
lands of the basin, where fields and villages are constantly liable to destructive
inundation. It is, in fact, said to be worth more, i.e., aipable of supporting
a larger population, than the whole of inhabited Sistan. It is to the relin
quishment of this tract that the Persians object, and its possession would prob
ably leave them little to desire; for it would form a counterpoise in their
hands to the advantages enjoyed by the Afghans in the possession of the
lands on the right bank and a counter-attraction to the wavering population.
Up to 1S75 a grazing tax was levied from these lands ; but this has since
been discontinued.— [Napier.)
TUGHAT— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A stage in Khurasan, 21 miles from Birjand, on the road toTabas.— [Mac
Gregor.)
TUJANLTJ— Lat. 37° 25' 0", Long. 58° 4N 0"; Elev. ' [Stewart).
A village in northern Khurasan, 14 miles north-west of Muhammadabad in
the district of Daraghaz. The country around is very fertile.— [Stewart.)
TULBlN— Lat. 37° 4' 40", Long. 55°' 49 y 0"; Elev. 3,700'.
A village in the province of Astarabad, on the road from Jajarm to the
town of Astarabad— [Napier.)
TtJLKAL— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A halting-place in Khurasan, 92 miles from Tabas, on the road thence to
Sfstan. The water is bad here, and there are no supplies.— [MacGregor)
TUMAN AGHA— Lat , Long. ; Elev. '.
A post on the border of the district of Jam, north-east Khurasan, for its
. protection against Afghans and Turkumans. It is a fine brick caravansarai on
the western (Persian, bank of the Hari Rud. It is situated on the old road,
along which the tralfic between Bukhara and Persia was carried on, and is
still m a habitable condition. Over the door is an inscription, stating that it
was built by Kysia Band, the daughter of Amir Taimur Kurkhan, and of his
wife Khyr Nisa. It is used as an outpost of 20 Plazara horsemen stationed
here, to bring the news to Muhsinabad whenever the Turkumans are
expected. There is a look-out post in the bed of the Hari Rud close to the
caravansarai.
Four stout poles have been driven into the ground, and a platform erected
on the top, as a look-out place for the sentry. This post has not been occu
pied for some years by the Persians. Afghans of Kuhsan live here and till
the land in the bed of the stream.'— [Stewart, Napier.)
TUM-1-MlRDASHT— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. 1,250'.
A halting-place in Sistan, 35 miles north-east of Turshab and 34 miles
south-west of Sihkuha, on the road from Bami to Nasirabad (Sistan). It is
situated in the Slulah tract, south of the more thickly populated portion of
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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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