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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [240r] (496/820)
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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KUH-KUH.
459
KftH-I-DAM baft—
A mountain range in Khorasan, on the right of the road from Lut to
Ardakan.— {MacGregor.)
KUH-I-DARBAND—
A range of mountains, a few miles to the west of Kuh-i-Murghab, on the
border of Kirman, Yazd, and Khorasan.—
KUH-I-DUCH ANG — L at. 37° 44' 0"; Long. 56° 35' 0".
A hill in northern Khorasan, forming the southern boundary of the
Atrak valley for some 20 m\\Q$—{Intelligence Division, War Office.)
KUH-I-DURUNU—
A range of hills in Khorasan, to the north-west oi Tabas, skirting the
road from Shurab to Tabas on the north. It is supposed that this _ range
joins that of the Kuh-i-Nastanki; but there is no accurate information on
this point.— [MacGregor.)
KLTH-I-DUZ— Lat. 37° 16' 0"; Long. 58° 49' 0"; Elev. 8,000\—(Aapter.)
A peak in Khorasan in a high range running from west to east, north of
Kuchan. This range is probably not less than 7,000 feet high, and is fairly
wooded with juniper. It contains also the following peaks in succession
from west to east ; Kuh-i-Chiunli, Kuh-i-Kamas, and Kuh-i- Imamt
(Napier.)
K0H-I-FAGHAN—
A lofty hill due north of ’Abdullahabad in the Turbat-i-Haidari district
of Khorisan, the culminating point of a range which runs north-west to
south-east.— (Belleiv.)
KUH-I-GARAB—
An isolated peak with an elevation of 6,700 feet, on the northern edge
of the Sultan Maidan plain. It has its name from Garab, one of the Sabza*
war buluks. — {Schindler.)
KUH-I-GARMAB— Lat. 38° 4' 0"; Long. 57° 40' 0".
A mountain in northern Khorasan on the borders of the Atak. (Intel-
ligence Division, War Office.)
KUH-I-GIFAN— Lat. 37° 53' 0"; Long. 57° 33'0°; Elev. 7,770'.
A hill in northern Khorasan, 30 miles north of Bujnurd (vide GIfan .
KUH-I-GINAU—
A range of hills in Kirman, which is passed at the 13th mile on the roa^
from Gujur to Kirman, lying about 4 miles to the south-west of the road*
In the folds of the hills are the following hamlets
Shurk-i-Aval, consisting of 5 houses ; Shurk-i-Mlan, 3 houses ; Shurk-i-
Akhlr, 1 house also Khvit-i-Shur, Asanabad, Saban, and Du Pasailika.—
(Wyatt, 1899.)
3 M 2.
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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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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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