'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [257v] (519/706)
The record is made up of 1 volume (349 folios). It was created in 1914. 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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502
QUS—QUT
QCSHIJEH— Elev. 5,107'.
A large and flourishing village, 144 miles from Tehran on the road to
Hamadan.— {Schindler .)
QUTUR—
A plain and village on the north-west of Azarbaijan on the Turkish
frontier. The former stretches from north to south, and is bounded by
three ranges of mountains, limiting it on the north-east and south. The
village of Qutur is situated close to the junction of the Qutur dial and
another stream at the foot of a steep hill, which is surmounted by a ruined
mud fort. The village faces west, while the fort commands the approaches
from the east and west; there are about 100 houses, which, with the exception
of four or five, are built, in the Kurdish fashion, underground. It is a
poor place almost entirely Kurd, and is the seat of a Governor or Hakim.
There is a company of Persian infantry in garrison armed with Werndl
rifles, but otherwise unlike soldiers and comparing most unfavourably with
the Turks, on the other side of the frontier ; there are also 20 gunners and
two bronze muzzle-loading guns of about 5 inch calibre in the fort. The fort
is on a rock, and there is no water in it; the ascent to it is difficult. The
walls and two bastions, which form its defences, are constructed of mud ;
no use against shells. As a place of defence against civilised troops it
is useless. The population of the district does not exceed 8,000 inhabitants
of which the greater part are Kurds.— {MacGregor — Tyrell.)
The mountaineers near Qutur could formerly be relied on by the' Turks.
QUTUR BUGHAZ (pass)—
A famous pass in the north-west of Azarbaijan, which formerly formed
the boundary between Persian and Turkish dominions. The Turks built
a sort of block house at the entrance to the gorge, which presents a series
of magnificent positions for defence. It is in many places not more than
200 yards broad. Precipitous heights look down from both sides on the
stream, called the Qutur Chai, which flows through. There are several
mineral springs in the neighbourhood, some being sulphurous. The road
from Tabriz to Van goes through this valley. The path is winding and no
special difficulties are mentioned.
The Pass is a place of some strategical importance, and is specifically men
tioned as being part of Persian territory in the old treaty with Turkey. This,
however, has not prevented Turkey from trying to obtain possession of it.
On October 26th, 1910, a Turkish officer summoned the Persian commandant
to surrender, but received a refusal. Elsewhere the Turks have advanced
beyond the crests of the hills since 1%^.—{Burnaby.)
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The item is Volume II of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1914 edition).
The volume comprises the north-western portion of Persia, bounded on the west by the Turco-Persian frontier; on the north by the Russo-Persian frontier and Caspian Sea; on the east by a line joining Barfarush, Damghan, and Yazd; and on the south by a line joining Yazd, Isfahan, and Khanikin.
The gazetteer includes entries on human settlements (towns, villages, provinces, and districts); communications (roads, bridges, halting places, caravan camping places, springs, and cisterns); tribes and religious sects; and physical features (rivers, streams, valleys, mountains and passes). Entries include information on history, geography, climate, population, ethnography, resources, trade, and agriculture.
Information sources are provided at the end of each gazetteer entry, in the form of an author or source’s surname, italicised and bracketed.
A Note (folio 4) makes reference to a map at the end of the volume; this is not present, but an identical map may be found in IOR/L/MIL/17/15/4/1 (folio 636) and IOR/L/MIL/17/15/4/2 (folio 491).
Printed at the Government of India Monotype Press, Simla, 1914.
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- 1 volume (349 folios)
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The volume contains a list of authorities (folio 6) and a glossary (folios 343-349).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at inside back cover with 351; 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:350v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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