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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎185v] (379/820)

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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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KHI—KHO
suitable for csynels. The other goes by Naughab, Chahak and Muham-
madalad, which is better for camels, as the kutals between Khizri and
Naughab, and between the latter place and Muhammadalad, are small and
easy .—(Maula BaJchsh ; H. D. Napier.)
KHORASAN (Land of the Sun) — Lat. 29°45' to 38° 30', Long. 56° to 61°.
A province of Persia suitated on its north and east border.
'Boundaries. According to the Akhal-Khorasan Boundary
* Ratifications exchanged at Treaty of il h December 1881 * the northern
Tehran on March 1882. boundary of Khorasan is defined as follows :—
Beginning at the Hasan Qull gulf the course of the river Atrak serves as
the frontier as far as Chat. From Chat the frontier line follows in a north
easterly direction, the ridges of the Sangu Dagh and Sagirim ranges, thence
extending northward to the Chandir river, reaching the bed of that river
at Chaqan Kalek. From Chaqan Kaleh it runs in a northerly direction
to ridge of the mountains dividing the Chandir and Sumbar valleys, and
extends along the ridge of these mountains in an easterly direction,
descending to the bed of the Sumbar at the spot where the Ach Agaian
stream falls into it. From this point eastward the bed of the Sumbar
marks the frontier as far as the ruins of Medjet Daine. Thence the road
to Durrud forms the frontier line as far as the ridge of the Kupeh Dagh,
along the ridge of which the frontier extends south-eastward, but before
reaching the upper part of the Garmab pass turns to the south along the
mountain heights dividing the valley of the Sumbar from the source of the
Garmab. Thence taking a south easterly direction across the summits of
the Misinu and Chub Bast mountains, it reaches the road from Garmab to
Ribad, passing at a distance of one verst to the north of the latter spot.
From this point the frontier line runs along the ridge of the mountains as
far as the summit of the Dalang mountains, whence, passing on the
northern side of the village of Khairabad, it extends in a north-easterly
direction as far as the boundaries of Guk Kutal. From the boundaries of
Guk Kutal the frontier line crosses to the gorge of the river Firuzeh,
intersecting that gorge on the northern side at the village of Firuzeh.f
mountains to the most easterly point of the range. From here the frontier
line crosses over to the northernmost summit of the Asalm'L range, passing
along its ridge in a south-easterly direction, and then skirting round to
the north of the village of Kalat'h Ohinar it runs to the point where the
Zir Kuh and Kizil Dagh mountains join, extending thence south-east
ward along the summits of the Zir Kuh range until it issues into the valley
of the Baba Durmaz stream. It then takes a northerly direction and
reaches the oasis on the road from Gavars to Lutfabad, leaving the for
tress of Baba Durmkz to the east.
The treaty of 1893 defines the frontier south-east of Baba Durmaz
to the Hari Rud, giving a slight increase of territory to Russia. Details
M. B. passes, and runs along the crest of these
M. B.

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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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