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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [242r] (500/820)
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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KtH-I-KHWAJA SHAZ—
An extensive range in the tract of country known as Zir Kuh-i-Kain in
Khorasan. The highest peak of these mountains is just above the village
of Findukht, and must be at least 8,000 or 9,000 feet high. There is said
' to be a small plateau on the top, with two springs of water and two shrines;
the one called Khwaja Shahz, the other Sultan Sulaiman, after a son of the
Imam Riza. Some small streams pour down from these hills ; but the
country is a poor one.— (Stewart.)
KUH-I-KHWAJA YAR—
A low range rising just behind Khaf in Khorasan.— (Stewart.)
KUH-I-KUGHAR—
A range of hills in Khorasan situated to the east of Meshed, and near the
road between Sangbast and Failman.— (MacGregor.) (See Kuh-i-Chehilsang.
KUH-I-KURKHUD or KURKUT or KHURKHURD or KHURKHUD
or KURD KHURD— Lat. 37° 25' 0" ; Long. 56° 36' 0".—(Napier.)
A lofty mountain peak in northern Khorasan, north of the Dasht-i-
Armutli plateau, and dividing the Gurgan from the plain to the south.
It is the loftiest and most rugged mountain in this part of the country,
it is destitute of forest timber, but is more or less thickly sprinkled with
tufts of arborette, thorns, barberry bushes, and a sort of dwarf maple.—
(Fraser ; MacGregor ; Napier.) — See Kurkhud.
KUH-I-KURUN A—
A peak of the Binalud range, three miles north of Bar, with an elevation
of 7,800 feet.— (Schindler.)
KtH-I-KUSHK-I-KIA—
A mountain situated south-east of ’Aliabad, about 16 miles from Kuchan,
on the road to Meshed.— (Schindler.)
KtjH-I-LANGAR—
The hills to the right of the road leading from Sharifabad to Fakhr-i-
Daud in Khorasan.— (Schindler.)
KUH-I-LAQl—
A mountain range, just to the south-east of Kakh, in Khorasan It
consists of old red sandstone, yellow marl, green slates, and metamorphic
rock.— (Eozario.)
KUH-I-MA’DAN—
A range of hills in the district of Nishapur, Khorasan, in which are situat
ed the turquoise mines. From their summit a good view is obtained of
the Kurdish districts. This range is a spur from the Kuh-i-Bintdud.—
(Napier.)
KUH-I-MAR—
See Markuh.
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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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