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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎22r] (48/820)

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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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ASTAElBAD (No. 1>-
A village in the Mazinan sub-division of the Sabzawar district of Kho-
rasan, about 20 miles from ’Abbasatad in a direct line and about 29 miles
by way of Sadrabad on the road to Sabzawar.—(Mawto Bakhsh.)
ASTARABAD (No. 2) (Bay)—Lat. 36° 50' 0" ; Long. 53° 24' 0 to 54° 5 0 .
Astarabad Bav is situated in the south-eastern corner of the Caspian, and
forms one of the most favourable roadsteads in that sea Its eastern
boundary is the shore inhabited by the Turkoman tr.be of Yamuts ;on the
south it is conterminous with the Persian provinces o Astarabad and
Mazandaran, and on the north it is bounded by the long low sandy pe nm-
sula of Putamkfli or Mian Kali. The latter extends to Farruk .a-
bad for 30 miles eastwards, terminating m three small islands called by the
Russians Bolshaya, Srednaya, and Malaya (Great, Middle and Little)
Ashhr They are divided one from the other by shallow straits from 2 to
3 feet deep The island of Great Ashhr or Ashurada is separated from
the Putarnkui sand-bank by a deeper and wider channel, having a depth of
£r0 The 5 WalitTcomprising the islands of Ashflr, has in the course of 15
vears—from 1859 to 1874—undergone a sensible change, due to the in u-
Ce of the sea and of the westerly and northerly winds that prevai m
this ouarter. In 1859 there were only two islands, the Great and Little
X i arannriitpd bv a wide but shallow channel less than 3 feet aeep ,
Sarlalfow ctonnel divided Great ishur from the Putamkui
rand bank. Nowa new island,Middle Ashur has been formed be, ween
the two above-mentioned islands, having a length already of 2 miles and a
1 en rltb of nearly i mile : its eastern extremity is somewhat sheltered from
the north by Little Ashiir, with which it forms a channel running nor -
east and south-west, and having a bread_th of 370 yards and a depth of
about 3 feet The western end of Great Ashur is continually decreasing,
Tfn 15 tears its north-western border has been washed away for
210 feet whilst on the eastern side of the islands sand-bank has been
r 4Vhmit i mile in length. The channel between this island and the,
ptdTmkSuttd-rank! which is about 2 miles wide f ^^e-d some
2 feet, so ‘^t ite d^ptb at^esent^sjrom 5^0 ^^cons^^y
^/Shus reducing the usual passage round the Little Ashur by
15 Tbe Ashur or Ashir islands, being formed of alluvial s“d are covered
S tie “are IcTLer atoost entirely covered with reeds quite un-
^ habited and when the north wind blows, are submerged by the J ater -
The Great Ashlt has an elevation of from ^ to 4 feet above the ordinary
sea level, except the western side, P t “^jedtrith'reedt. When
whiist its °. a kvel oTthe water°in Astarhbad Bay, the island
the west wind pnrrlintftothestrengthof the wind. Theentire
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width | mile g 2
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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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