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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [182v] (373/820)
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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344
KHA—KHA
KHAIRIBAD (No. 1)—
A village of Khorasan, at the foot of the Kiih Pusht hills, 6 miles due
north of Naz 1 abad, which is about 6 miles from Sabzawar on the road
to Nishapur.— (Bellew.)
KHAIRABAD (No. 2)—
A village in the Turbat-i-Haidari district of Khorasan, consisting of
150—160 houses. It is inhabited by Saiyids, to whom the land was given
revenue-free by Shah’Abbas. There is here a
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
and ruined
mosque, built by Shah ’Abbas.
Crops :—300 Icharicdrs grain, irrigated.
300 „ „ unirrigated.
2 ,, ,, opium.— (Watson, 1907.)
KHAIRABAD (No. 3)— Lat. 37° 21' 0"; Long. 59° 7' 0".—(Napier.)
A village in northern Khorasan in the district of Darreh Gaz, about 12
miles north-east of Muhammadabad, on the road to Lutfabad and the
Alak. Like all the villages in the Atak, it is defended by a good wall with
towers and ditches. The popula!ion consists of 100 families of Turks who
own 200 cattle. The annual production of wheat and barley amounts
to 3,200 and 1,600 Indian maunds, respectively.— (Stewart; Oranofjsky,
1894.)
KHAIRABAD (No. 4 )—(Persian)—
A village on the norlh-western border of the Kuchan district in Khora-
san, 8 miles north-west of Sarani and 13 miles north-east of Yangi Kaleh,
The Persian village of Khairabad stands on the edge of a plateau at
an elevation of nearly 6,800 feet.
The village consists of only a small fort and a few huts round it, contain
ing some 20 families of Kurds and Turks, and is said to be entirey snow
bound in winter.
The fort was burnt some years ago by Abdul Hasan Khan, the eldest
son, in one of his numerous fits of rebellion against his father, the leat
Shuja’-ud-Daulch, but was subsequently rebuilt by him.
A new fort, consisting of a mud enclosure on a stone foundation some
forty yards square, was built here two years ago as a frontier post by
order of the Persian Government, but it has never been garrisoned, and
is now failing into decay, its only resident being the customs-contractor’s
collector, who levies dues on the trade between Bujnurd and Askhabad
which passes by this route.
The thermometer, at Khairabad marked 63° at 10 a.m., 61° at 4 p.m.
and 45° at 9 p.m., which is cold for this time of the year (October).
The relations between the Persian Khairabad villagers and the Rus
sians appear to be most friendly.— (C. E. Yate, 1894.)
KHAIRABAD (No. 5)— Lat 36° 26' 30"; Long 5b' 5' V'.—(Napier.)
A small village in Khora an, 8 miles east of Shahrud. It consists of a
few huts scattered arm ng ruins and some corn-fields, watered by a small
kdriz. No supplies are procurable.— (Bellew ; Goldsmid.)
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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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