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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎240v] (497/820)

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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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KUH-KUH
K0H-I HAIDARI—
The north western continuation of the Binalud mountains, north of the
Marush (also Ma'usk) plain and south-east of Sultan Maidan. Its highest
peak attains an elevation of 9,300 feet.— {Schindler.)
KUH-I-HAZAR MASJID—
A mountain situated in the angle formed by the districts of Kuchan,
Darreh Gaz, and Kalat, in northern Khorasan. The crest of this range is
said to abound in fine pastures, with plenty of water. {MacGregor ; Napier.)
A conical hill rises out of the main ridge on the east side but, with this
exception, it is merely a more elevated ridge, than the surrounding moun
tains, sloping gently to the east, but precipitous on the western sides.
On the highest point of the crest, 9,600 feet about sea-level, are cairns
built by pilgrims. An extensive view from the summit, ranging from the
Meshed Valley on the south, across Lain and Darreh Gaz to Trans-Caspia
on the north. On a clear day Askhabad is visible, 50 or 60 mules distant.
(Major P. M. Sykes, 1909.)
kDh-i-humayDn-
A low range of hills in Khorasan to the north of the Daqq-i-Qarsh Ab
(Gurshasp) near Chahrakhts. A copper mine is said to have been formerly
worked here, but it is now abandoned.— {Stewart.)
KUH-I-’IMARAT— Lat. 37° 6' 30"; Long. 59° 2' 0".
A peak in the high range north of Kuchan. See “ Kuh-i-Duz.”—
{Napier.)
KOH-I-ISMA’IL—
A curious, isolated hill in Khorasan, forming an excellent landmark on
the road south-east of Yazdan.— {MacGregor.)
KtH-I-JAGHATAI-JUVAIN—
A ridge in Khorasan, bounding Sabzawar on the no.th, and connected
by a ridge dividing NIshapur from Sabzawar (the crest of which, accord
ing to Bel lew, is 4,290 feet above the sea) with another ridge called
Kuh-i-Mish {q.v.) The highest peak in the Kuh-i-Jaghatai-Juvain is the
Kuh-i-Zar, which is 5,000 or 6,000 feet. It is formed for the most part
of trap rocks overlying marls and clays. In its glens are many springs,
which water a succession of small hamlets, with extensive gardens,
vineyards, and groves of mulberry, raised for silk cultivation. The soil of
the glen and slopes, of disintegrated trap and rich marls, is most fertile.—
{MacGregor, Napier.)
KUH-I-JEHAN ARKIAN—
. r ^ ie Ba m -Safiabad district is separated from the Kuchan district (accord
ing to the Shah s diary of 1867, page 314) by the Kuh-i-Jehan Arklan,
the northern slopes of which are said to be occupied by the Za’afaranlu Kurds
and the southern slopes by the Bughiri Turks. * The Kuh-i-Jehan Ar-
kiarnsa lofty mountain standing out to the north by west of Bam. It

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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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