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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎175r] (356/820)

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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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KALEH NA’L SHAN' or KALEH NAT SHIKAN—
A small post on the Persian bank of the Hari Hud, 23 farsakhs south of
Shur ja.— (Napier.)
KAL-I-ABRISHAM—
A river in Khorasan for the full description of which see Kaleh-i-Mhra.
The word ‘ Kal-i-Abrisham ’ is a corruption of Kal-i-Ab-i-Raushan, the
original name, which means ‘stream of clear water’.— (Mania Bakhsh.)
KAL-I-FARSAMI—
A halting-place and small spring about 4 miles from ’Unnab in the
Zurabad district of Khorasan.
KAL-I-MALIKABAD—
A small village, valley and spring not far from Natu on the Zurabad-
Meshed route, about 8 miles from Kal-i-FarsamL It contains about
20 families of Sistanis and five ploughs.— (MacLean.)
KAL-I-QARU or KAL-I-MUHAMMAD HAJl—
A small village in eastern Khorasan, 16 miles north-west of Zurabad,
on the road to Meshed. It has a population of 25 families of Ya’qub
Khani Timuris. Water-supply irom the hills to the north.— (Sykes, 1905.)
KALLEH-I-KUH—
A high hill in Khorasan, in the district of Kain, situated to the west of
the Rud-f-Mil valley.— (Goldsmid.)
KALLEH-I-JIQ—
A peak in the Takan Kuh range with an elevation of 5,160 feet.— (Schind
ler.)
KALLEH MINAR— Lat. 35° 31' 0"; Long. 59'51' 0”.—(Napier.)
A pass, va 11 ey and defile in eastern Khorasan between Meshed and Shahr-K
Nau (Bakharz). The pass, which is situated at 13 miles from Gudusha, 11
miles from Shahn-i-Bala, 38 miles from Shahr-i-Nau and 72 miles from
Meshed, divides the drainage of the Bakharz district from that of Turbat-
i-Shaikh Jam.
From the direct'on of Meshed the road to the pass winds by a narrow
path over a difficult slope, with the hills closing up on both sides. The
summit of the pass is called Gardaneh-i-Kal eh Minar. It abounds in
strong'positions, and the road is comp'etely commanded by a very
steep, rugged, impracticable ridge, which runs along the leit the
whole way. The descent is gradual to the plain for about 8 miles, and is
quite good and practicable for artillery.
From the direction of Shahr-i-Nau (Bakharz) the road to the pass is,
easy. Starting from Shahn-i-Bala the first crest over a ridge is reached
at the 8th mile. Thence a slight descent, and a second rise leads to the top.
of the Kalleh Minar pass at about the 11th mile. A descent of sonae S 1
or 4 miles on the north side brings one out, through a gorge into a gradually
widening valley, with a stream in the centre and grassy sward on either
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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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