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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎54r] (112/820)

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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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BUJ-BUJ
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The passes to the east, round the flanks of the Kuh-i-Behar, are guarded
c, , - , , by a detachment at Shaughan ; and for seven or eight
Shaughao border. ^^ ^ ^ of | urkomans has been ab , e 8 to
pass that way.
The line of uninhabited country from Shaughan, right round by Simal-
qan to the Atrak, has also to be guarded for the
ujnrn oi er. protection of the Bujnurd villages ; and this task is
naturally most efficiently performed by the Shadillu, aided as they are by
the impracticable nature of their country.
The Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. is expected to keep in check the Yamuts on the Gurgen
Offensive duties of and Atrak. This being a most profitable service is
Shadillu. also very efficiently performed, though it has hitherto
had little effect in checking incursion into those parts.
Lastly, the Guklans are “ under the skirt ” of the Shadillu, who aid them
when too hard pressed by their enemies the Yamuts.
In case ot very pressing need, the Bujnurd force may be reinforced from
three different directions. The Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. has the right
Supports. demand reinforcements from the horsemen of
Nardin and the Hazara and Tlmuri sai drs who are under the orders of the
Governor-General of Khorasan. He may also demand assistance from the
chief of the Za’afaranlu. This, however, is seldom done, and only on occa
sions requiring the collection of a large force.
Telegraphs.— There is a single line between Kuchan and Bujnfird, running
via Shi van. The line is in better repair than the majority of Persian lines.
Roads. The country is practicable everywhere for baggage animals,
and tracks run in every direction. The only road by which wheeled
artillery could enter the country is that by Kuchan and Zubaran.
Consular Agents.— -There are no British or Russian Consular Agents in
Bujnurd.
The Russian Agent in Kuchan, one Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Khan, a Caucasian Muham
madan, has additional charge of the Bujnurd Consular district. He visits
Bujnurd once a year, remaining there for a month or two.
The Chief's Family.—The late Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. , Yar Muhammad Khan (Sahm-
ud-Dauleh), who died in 1904, had a very large family, said by Colonel
Yate to number 74. The following is a list of the most important
members :— ,
(1) Nasratullah Khan, by a Guklan Turkoman slave girl, now aged 30,
holds rank of Mir Panj.
Sulaiman Khan, by the same mother, married a daughter of the
present Karguzar of Meshed, by whom he had two daughters.
Was murdered by his father in 1897.
’Azlzullah Khan (Salar-i-Mafakhan), by the Ilkhani’s principal
wife. Presentchief of Bujnurd. Aged 26. Married daughter of
Yazir-i-Nizam, now Commander in-Chief at Tabriz. Also
holds rank of Amir Tuman.
(4) Habibullah Khan (Shuja’-ul-Mamalik), by the same mother as the
Chief. Aged 22. Holds rank of Amir Tuman. Is nomi
nally Governor of Isfaraln. Married sister of Shuja’-ud-Dauleh,
the deposed Governor of Kuchan.
( 2 )
(3)

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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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