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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [125r] (256/820)
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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HAIZt}Nl—
A deserted village with plenty of good water, 10 miles east of Zugdi,
on the road from Samnan to Khaf via Gabar. There are marks of recent
cultivation and cattle grazing here, but no inhabitants. It had been
deserted in consequence of Turkoman raids, but has been re-occupied.—
(Stewart.)
HAJlABAD (No. 1)—
A small village 13 miles north-west of Meshed to the right of the road
to Kuchan.— (Schindler.)
HAJlABAD (No. 2)—
A village in Khorasan, 34 miles from Meshed, on the road to Darreh Gaz.
— (Napier.)
HAJlABAD (No. 3)—
A village in the Sar-i-Vilaiat district of Khorasan, about 45 miles
from Sabzawar, on the road to Nishapur by Sultan Maidan.—(Af ac^reg'or.)
HAJlABAD (No. 4)—
A small village in Khorasan, about 18 miles north-west of Sultanabad
(Turshiz). It is celebrated for the delicious flavour of the pomegranates
produced here.— (Forester.)
HAJlABAD (No. 5)—
A small village in the province of Astarabad. It lies on a plateau, a
short distance north of the road from Shahrud to the town of Astarabad,
and 2 miles from the camping-ground of Asp-u-Nizeh.— (Napier.)
HAJlABAD (No. 6)—
A small village on the main caravan route between Meshed and Herat,
situated 26| miles from the former place. It consists of 30 houses of
Barbarls. It possesses 30 cattle and 80 sheep and goats. Supplies scanty.
Water-supply from a Jcdriz. — (C. Wanliss, October 1903.)
HAJlABAD (No. 7)—
A small walled village in the Turbat-i-Shaikh Jam district of Khorasan,
on the main caravan route from Meshed to Herat, situated 68 miles
south-east of the former place. It contains about 70 inhabitants, nearly
all Barbarls, who possess 35 cattle and 750 sheep and goats. There is a little
cultivation round the village, and in ordinary years the produce of wheat
and barley amounts to about 510 Indian maunds. The headman is Haji
Mahmud.— (C. Wanliss, October 1903.)
HAJI AGHAJ—
A pass in Khorasan, about 15 miles from Kuchan, on the road to Sab
zawar. It is said to be long and difficult.— (MacGregor.)
HAJI BlGUM—
A village in Khorasan, about 10 miles north of Blrjand. It has about
five families engaged in agricultural pursuits.— (Rozario.)
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:105v, 105ar:105av, 106r:180v, 180ar:180av, 181r:185v, 185ar:185av, 186r:195v, 195ar:195av, 196r:196v, 196ar:196av, 197r:232v, 232ar:232av, 233r:305v, 305ar:305av, 306r:334v, 334ar:334av, 335r:357v, 357ar:357av, 358r:365v, 365ar:365av, 366r:396v, back-i
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