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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎241v] (499/820)

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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
KtH-I-KALKALtf^
The hills bounding the Yurt-i-Shah plain of the Qalpush plateau on the
west.— {Schindler.)
KUH-I-KAMAS— Lat. 37° 8' 0"; Long. 58° 58' o" ; Elev. 7,000'.—(Yapier.)
A high peak north of the Daulat Khaneh plateau in the Kuchan district
of Khorasan. See Kuh-i-Duz.— {Napier.)
A peak between the Kuh-i-Chiunli and the Kuh-i-Tmarat. The village
Tavarik, near which the river Atrak rises, lies on its western slopes. The
river is there called Sulakhan.— {Schindler.)
KfjH-I-KAMPIHARI—
A hill in Khorasan bearing 200° from Miri, and situated on the ridge
beyond Sultan Mai dan.— {MacGregor.)
KUH-I-KANKAL— Lat. 37° 50' 5"; Long. 56° 17' 0*.
A range of hills in northern Khorasan, about 5 miles south of the Atrak
valley.— {Intelligence Division, War Office.)
KUH-I-KAR ATA V A—
A prominent elevation within the circuit of the Kalat-i-Nadir! plateau
in Khorasan. It is situated above the Darband-i-Nafta, supporting
a portion of the northern cliffs and rising high above them.— {Napier.)
KUH-I-KHAIBAR—
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A part of a range to the south of Khorasan, the north end of which is
crossed in the second march from Khaf to Gunabad. MacGregor thinks
that the Kuh Sinu ridge is continuous with that of the Kuh-i-Khaibar,
and that the latter is joined to the range which bounds the sub-district of
Nimbuluk (or Dasht-i-PIaz) on the north.— {MacGregor.)
KUH-I-KH ARY—
A part of the great Kuh-i-Binalud, north-east of Nishapur, so named from
the village Kharv (generally pronounced Khaur) at its foot.— {Schindler.)
KUH-I-KH AV A—
A snow-clad mountain in the Shahrud district overlooking Bustam. It is
the western summit of the range, which separates Khorasan from Mazan-
daran.— {Bellew.)
KtH-I-KHISHT— Elev. 4,000'.
A prominent peak within the circuit of the Kalat-i-Nadiri plateau. It i s
formed of chalk filled with marine shells, known as gryphcea. — {Napier.)
KUH-I-KHURKHURD, or KUH-I-KHURKHUD—
See Kuh-i-Kurkhud.
KUH-I-KHW A J A—
The hills bounding the Yurt-i-Shah plain of the Qalpush plateau on the
south west.— {Schindler.)

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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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