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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎93r] (190/820)

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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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DEHANEH-I-KALEH—
« A small village in the Turshiz district of Kliorasan, 7^ mile swest of
Anarbat, where the chief of the Persian Baluchis resides.— Stewart.)
DEHANEH-l-KHIST PUKHTEH -Elev. 6,400'.
A pass with easy gradients in the Kub-i-'Sulaimameh, about 25 miles
north-east of Turbat-i-Haidari, on the road from Meshed to Herat via
Shahr-i-Nau.— (P. M. Sykes, 1907.)
DEHANEH-I-KHURMALU—
The name given to the mouth of the Naudeh glen in Astarabad.— {Napier.)
DEHANEH-I-MAMBAR—
An easy pass in Khorasan between Khur and Sabzawar.— {MacGregor.)
DEHANEH-I-MANSUR—
A pass in Khorasan between Kana Bist, near Meshed, and Jalalabad.—
(MacGregor.)
DEHANEH-I-MI}JA— Lat. 38° 15' 0"; Long. 57° 28' 0".—(Napier.)
A pass over the Qaran Dagh mountains to the Atak. It lies 50 miles
north of Bujnurd, and is said to be passable for laden mules.—(Aapter.)
DEII AN EH-I-S AN G-I- QILID AR—
A pass and village (the latter also called Kaleh-i-Dehaneh-i-Singlidar) in
Khorasan, at the place where the high-road from Sabzawar to Nishapur
enters the hills, 30 miles east of Sabzawar. The village was built here in.
1840 by Allah Yar Khan, Asaf-ud-Dauleh in order to make the road safe
against the Turks of Bujnurd, who for some time occupied the pass. Thirty
famihes of the Sang-i-Qilidar village, which is situated about 5 miles
to the south-east of the pass, were put into the new village, and received a
small pay from Government. The village now has 15 houses, an old'
caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). and a small water-supply. The caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). wais repaired a
long time ago by the late Hashmat-ud-Dauleh-(^cMcr.)
DEHANEH-I-SHAUGHAN— Lat. 37° 13' 0"; Long. 56° 48' 0".—(Napier.)
A pass in Kurdish Khorasan, 4 miles from the village of Shaughan, on
the road to r^rva.—(MacGregor.)
dehaneh-1-shIrin—
A ]ittl° village in the Bam-Safiabad district of Khorasan. It lies about
3 miles from Safiabad close to the hills. It has only 30 families of Bughi-
ri Turks but is divided into two hamlets with a fort and gardens. Tire
water-supply is good-(ff. M. Temple.)
DE 3 ANEH- I-SU L AIM AN—
An easy pass in Khorasan on the north-west of the Nimbuluk valley, lead
ing through a low rang: of hills to Gunabad.-(Afa>.)
DE 11ANEH-I-SUZISH—
A stage in Kurdish Khorasan, 83 miles from Bujnurd, on the road to-
Ghikishly J by the Atrak. Water, fuel and forage are abundant.-^.
Gregor, f rom native inform^ tio i.)
iS-. I.B. ^

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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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