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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎36r] (76/820)

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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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BABA—
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Name of one of the southern spurs of the Elburz range soutn-west of
Jajarm in Khorasan, which is sometimes called Baba Kuh or Kuh-i-Baba.—
{Maula Bakhsh.) _
BABAJIQ—
See Lutfabad.
BABA KUMAKHLl—
A hill in Khorasan near Kalat A good view of Kalat is obtainable from
it.— [MacGregor.)
BABA LU HAKIM—
A village in Khorasan, 28 miles from Sultanabad (Turshiz), to the south
of the road to Shahrud.— [Taylor.)
BABA MUSA—
Also called Baba Musa Kuh or Kuh-i-Baba Musa. Name of a hill to the
north of Bujnurd in Khorasan— [Maula Bakhsh.)
BABA SANGAR—
A zldrat in the hills to the north of Nasrabad in the Bam-Safiabad
district of Khorasan.— [H. M. Temple.)
BAB UK—
A village of Khora an on the road from Birjand to Rul Khaf, 23| miles
from the former town.— [Stewart.)
BACHEH VALLU—
A stream in Khorasan issuing from between Gunai and Shikarh mountains
in the Mian Kuh range. It joins the Tabarik, which is the name given to
the Atrak river, near its source.— [Petrusevitch.)
BADAM BAGAN—
A small village on the Kuchan-Askhabad road, about 24 miles north of old
Kuchan. There are about 20 houses, and very scanty supplies can be
had here.
BADAN—
A large village in Khorasan, about 3 miles from Sabzawar, on the road
to Nishapur by Sultan Maidan.— [Mac Gregor.)
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BADBUR BALA—One stage from Robat-i-Karabil. Water and grazing
good. Ruined villages to south. District uninhabited from fear of
Turkomans.— [Sykes.)
BADBURI—
A stream in the north of Khorasan, crosssed on the north road from
Meshed to Astarabad. It is so called from a severe wind which is said to

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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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