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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎173v] (353/820)

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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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KAL—KAL
KALEH-I-QILMAK— Lat. 37° 55' 0"; Long. 56° 17' 0L
A fort in northern Khorasan, now in ruins, situated on the Atrak river
—{Intelligence Division, War Office.)
KALEH-I-RAMAZAN BEG—
A small village in Khorasan, 12 miles south of Meshed, in a hollow on the
left of the road to Sharifabad. It is also called Kaleh-i-Duzdgir, from the
owner Ramazan Beg who is a Duzdglr (thief-catcher).— (Rozario ; Schindler.)
K ALEH -1- S A’ A DAT KHAN—
A village in Khorasan, 21 miles from Meshed, on the road to Darreh Gaz
via Radkan.— {Napier.)
KALEH-I-SAFlD—
A village about 63 miles from Kaln, on the road to Turbat-i-Haidarf
between Kakh and Zibad. The valley in which it is situated is exceed
ingly fertile.— {Rozario.)
KALEH-I-SAFlD (No. 3)—
Ruins of a fort between Sankhas and Jajarm in northern Khorasan,
about a mile to the left of the road (from Sankhas to Jajarm), situated
at about 10 miles from Sankhas and about 5 miles from Karlmafcad.
According to a Persian history this fort was formerly called Diz-i-Safid.—
(0. E. fate.)
KALEH-I-SAFlDAR—
A hamlet containing 15 families, between Fakhr-i-Baud and Sharifabad.
There is no other populated place on the road between Fakhr-i-Daud and
Shaiifabad.— {Mania Bakhsh.) .
KALEH I-SAFUR—
A fort in Khorasan, 16 miles from Khchan, on the road to Annau in the
Atak.— {Napier.)
KALEH I-SANGBAST—
See Sangbast.
KALEH-I-SARA—
A village containing about 40 families, on the right bank of the stream
draining to Sangar in the Kuhsar sub-district of Astarabad.— {MacLean.)
KALEH-I-SARDAR—
A village of 43 miles north-west of Meshed.— {Schindler.)
K ALEH-I-SH ADILLUKEH—
A fort in Khorasan, on the road from Meshed to Merv, 52 miles from the.
former. —{War Office Report on Persia, Part II, Route 159.)
KALEH-I-SHAHZADEH—
A very fine large serai in course of construction, 31st July 190-1. See
Asadabad.

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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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