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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [17v] (39/820)
The record is made up of 1 volume (396 folios). It was created in 1910. 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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AQD—ARB
AQDASH (No. 1)—
A village situated on the south front of the Kalat-i-Nadir! plateau in
North-Eastern Khorasan. It contains 80 families of Yangiji Turks,
who own 150 cattle and 400 sheep and goats. The normal annual pro
duction of wheat and barley amounts to 4,000 and 1,600 Indian maunds
respectively.— (Oranofsky, 1894; Sykes, 1906.)
AQDASH (No. 2)—
A village in Northern Khorasan, 23 miles from Muhammadabad, in Darreh
Gaz, on the road to Meshed by Radkan It lies 2,000 feet below the Allahu
Akbar Pass. It is inhabited by 5 families of Kurds, who own 10 cattle
and 300 sheep and goats.— (Napier; Oranofsky, 1894.)
4RA—
A newly-built village in the Nasiria or Sang bast sub-division of the
Meshed district of Khorasan. Water good. Supplies procurable in
small quantities.—(Maw^a Bakksh.)
’ARAB—
A sub-section of the Kai section of Guklan Turkomans. See Guklaa.—
(C. E. Yate.)
’ARAB AB AD—
A village of considerable size in Central Khorasan, 48 miles north-east
of Naiband, on the road to Tun. Water plentiful.— (Stewart.)
* ARAB -D -’A JAM—
The inhabitants of the Shahrud-Bustam district are designated ’Arab-u-
’Ajam (Arabs and Persians), though there is a small proportion of Turks.
The first are the descendants of the ’Arab conquerors ; but the three races
have now fused so completely that they are undistinguish able in feature
and language. One of the finest regiments in the Persian Army is called
’Arab-u-’Ajam, and is celebrated for its valour.— (MacGregor.)
ARADAN—
See Ardan.
<ARAF KHANI—
A clan of Baluchis, consisting of 400 families resident in Khorasan,
having been settled there about 1740 A. D. by Nadir Shah.— (Stewart.)
’ARAGHl—
A village in Shahrud-B istam, the second stage north-west of Shahrud
on the road to Bandar-i-Gaz.— (MacGregor.)
ARBAKAI—
A sub-district of Nishapur with 8 villages and some hamlets and a
population of 1,200. Its principal village is Sultanabad
(For full description see Article on Nishapur.)— (Schindler.)
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The item is Volume I of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1910 edition).
The volume covers the provinces of Astarabad, Shahrud-Bustam, and Khorasan, or such part of them as lies within the following boundaries: on the north the Russo-Persian boundary; on the east the Perso-Afghan boundary; on the south and south-west, a line drawn from the Afghan boundary west through Gazik to Birjand, and the road from Birjand to Kirman, and from Kirman to Yazd; and on the west the road from Yazd to Damghan and thence to Ashraf.
The gazetteer includes entries on villages, towns, administrative divisions, districts, provinces, tribes, halting-places, religious sects, mountains, hills, streams, rivers, springs, wells, dams, passes, islands and bays. The entries provide details of latitude, longitude, and elevation for some places, and information on history, communications, agriculture, produce, population, health, water supply, topography, military intelligence, coastal features, ethnography, trade, economy, administration and political matters.
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 contains an index map (from a later edition of the Gazetteer of Persia ), dated January 1917, on folio 397.
The volume also contains a glossary (folios 393-394); and note on weights and measures (folios 394v-395).
Prepared by the General Staff Headquarters, India.
Printed at the Government Monotype Press, India.
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- 1 volume (396 folios)
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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 398; 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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:105v, 105ar:105av, 106r:180v, 180ar:180av, 181r:185v, 185ar:185av, 186r:195v, 195ar:195av, 196r:196v, 196ar:196av, 197r:232v, 232ar:232av, 233r:305v, 305ar:305av, 306r:334v, 334ar:334av, 335r:357v, 357ar:357av, 358r:365v, 365ar:365av, 366r:396v, back-i
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