Skip to item: of 820
Information about this record Back to top
Open in Universal viewer
Open in Mirador IIIF viewer

'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎96r] (196/820)

This item is part of

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. .

Transcription

This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.

Apply page layout

DIRANLC-
A section of Shadillu Kurds of Bujnurd, 40 families of whom occupy
Chehar Burj, a village 19 miles from Sankhas.— (C. E. Yate.)
DISG—
A poor little village in Eastern Khorasan, 22 miles west of Chahraklits
on the road to Bir]and.— [Stewart.)
DISH DISH—
A village in Khorasan, between Hasanabad and Sakabad, on the road
from Fariman to Nishapur. Much cultivation.— [MacGregor.)
dishkIjan—
See Dasturan.
DIVEH BtRINEH—
A pass in Northern Khorasan, between Qardeh and Bardeh, on the
Meshed and Darreh Graz road. The road over this pass ascends easily
until 150 yards from the top, when it zigzags up to get over the crest of rock,
which tops the whole ridge, in a most difficult way. The descent on the
north side is not so steep, and being over earth could be improved to almost
any extent.—(Macfrregor.) Probably the same as Diveh Buyun.
DIVEH BHYAN, or DIVEH BUYUN or DIVEH BUNlEH—
A pass in the Daman-i-Kuh leading to Ak Tappeh and Kara Khan from
Glfan and Kushkaneh. This is one of the numerous defiles by which
the Turkomans used to raid on Persian territory.— [Thomson.)
DIVEH BUYGN—
A kutal between Robat-i-Balghur and Bardeh on the road to Kalat-i-
Nadiri from Meshed, about 101 miles from Robat-i-Balghur and about
half a mile from Bardeh.
Diveh Buyun in Turk! means “camel’s neck.” Therefore it is called
Shutur Gardan in Persian. It is reached about miles beyond Kaleh-i-
Pirzan [g.v.) after several steep ascents and descents, with an elevation of
some 230 feet less than that of the Pirzan. but with a much steeper approach.
The ascent from the south is very rocky, and difficult for laden mules, and
impassable for camels. The descent on the north is very steep for the
first 300 feet, and then it winds down to the village of Bardeh, some 770
feet farther down in the valley below.— [C. E. Yate.)
DIVI— Elev. 4,170'.
A village 22 miles from Meshed on the road to Kuchan. Old mounds
here. The ground here is much cut up by watercourses, and caravans,
suiting their own convenience, frequently change the road. Another road
leads past Sukhteh Chinar [g.v.) a little to the left of Divi.— [Schindler.)
DIZAQ—
„ A village in Khorasan, 28 miles from Kain, on the road to Khaf.—
^MacGregor.)

About this item

Content

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.

Extent and format
1 volume (396 folios)
Physical characteristics

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.

Written in
English in Latin script
View the complete information for this record

Use and share this item

Share this item
Cite this item in your research

'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎96r] (196/820), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/2/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100037360147.0x0000c5> [accessed 29 March 2024]

Link to this item
Embed this item

Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.

<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100037360147.0x0000c5">'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [&lrm;96r] (196/820)</a>
<a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100037360147.0x0000c5">
	<img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100025472703.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_2_1_0196.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
IIIF details

This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100025472703.0x000001/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images

Use and reuse
Download this image