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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎46v] (97/820)

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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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BAT—BAZ
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BATAMAN Lat. 37° 29 0 ; Long. 57°25 / 0— {Intelligence Division, War
Office).
A village in Northern Khorasan, about 5 miles east of Bujmlrd. {In
telligence Division, War Office.)
BAVAJU—
4 lar § e villa g e in the Atak district containing 300 houses of Turkomans.
It is situated on the road from Kalat to Darreh Gaz by the Atak. It is
watered by the Shamstu river, and supplies are procurable.—(Ifac-
Gregor.)
BAYAMAN—
A tributary which joins the Atrak river on the left bank shortly after
the latter has passed Shirvan.— {Petrusevitch.)
BAZA—
See Baz-i-Hur.
B AZANAB AD—
A village in Khorasan, situated m the Nlmbuluk valley, and a few miles
west of the village and fort of Girimanj. It has rich orchards and vine
yards.— {Goldsmid; Bellew.)
BAZ-I-AB—
A village in the Kain buluk of the district of Ksdn.-—{Bellew.)
BAZ-I-HAUZ—
A village in the Meshed district of Khorasan, 161 miles from Meshed
on the main caravan road to Herat. It is inhabited by about 20 families
of Bu,rbaris, who possess about 40 cattle and 300 sheep and goats. The
annual production of wheat and barley (§ wheat, ^ barley) is in ordinary
years about 1,300 Indian maunds. The water-supply is from the
Chashmeh-i-Chinar, which passes Kulumbeh, 2 miles further U p.—( Wanliss,
1903 ; Sykes, 1905.)
BAZ-I-HUR or BAZA—
A village about a mile to the west of the road between Turbat-i"
Haidari and Meshed, about 43 miles from the former place. It is situated
in a small valley 1| miles long and 1 mile wide, immediately to the north
of the Muhammad Mirza pass. The village, which is built on the side
a hill, possesses 220 cattle, 900 sheep and goats and 20 horses. The annual
production of wheat and barley amounts to about 4,300 Indian maunds.
About a mile from the village is the caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). of Robat-i-Safid {q.v.).
Plentiful supply of fresh water from a stream.—(G. Wanliss, August 1903.)
BAZIJ—
A village in the well-watered plains south of Shahrud.— {Bellew.)

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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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