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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎65v] (135/820)

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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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CHAH-T-KHAN—
A village in Khorasan situated in the Sehdeh valley, to the west of the
road from Birjand to Meshed, and about 22 miles distant from the
former town. It has some cultivation and fruit gardens.— (Goldsmid;
Bellew.)
CHAH-I-KHORASANI—
A halting-place in Khorasan, 108 miles east of Samnan, on the road
from Tabas to Tehran. Water scarce.— {MacGregor.)
CHAH-I-KHUSHAB—
A ruined caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). , with a well of sweet water in Khorasan on the
road from Naiband to Meshed, via Tun and Bajistan, seven stages from
Naiband, and one of 24 miles from Tun. No supplies.— {Stewart; Bag-
galeg, 1909.)
CH AH-l-KHUSHK—
A small well of brackish water in Khorasan between Chah-i-Zaghuda
and Turun on the road from Tehran to Herat via Blrjumand and Tur-
shiz.— {Taylor.)
CHAH-I-MIHJI— Lat. 33° 28' 30"; Long. 55° 53' Q"{Walker.)
A halting-place in the desert of Khorasan on the road between Khur
and Tabas. There is a well here 150 feet deep, but the water is very
salt. There is fuel in abundance in the vicinity.—(MacGVe^or ; Stewart.)
CHAH-I-MULLA—
A spring of good water in South-Eastern Khorasan ; mentioned by
Colonel Stewart as having been visited by him when travelling from Disq
to Naqab on the Afghan frontier, near the fort of Yazdan.—MacGregor ;
Stewart.)
CHAH-I-NlHR VAN—
A well in Khorasan, said to be brackish, in an open space on the left of
the road between Shahrud and Blrjumand, about 12 miles west of the
latter place.— {Taylor.)
CHAH-I-NILEH—
A halting-place in Khorasan, about 51 mdes from Khaf, on the road to
ftabzawar (Afghanistan). Good water, but no supplies obtainable.—
{MacGregor.)-
CHAH-I-PALANG—
A halting-place in the Great Salt Desert of Khorasan, south of Janduk,
on the road from Damghan to Yazd. There is salt water obtainable
trom a well, but no supplies are procurable.— {MacGregor.)
CHAHISH— Elev. 3,490'.
A village 12 miles north-west of Meshed.—(MwdZer.)
CHAH-I-SHIRlN— Lat. 34°23'0"; Long. 57° 16' 2>0".—{Stewart.)
A weil of sweet water in the desert of Khorasan, about 15 miles from
the villages Deh-i-Nau Band, and a mile or so east of the road from
Tabas to Turshiz.— {Gill.)

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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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