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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎245r] (506/820)

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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-TAMAS— Lat. 37° 8' 0"; Long. 58° 58' 0".
See “ Kuh-i-Kamas ” or “ Kuh-i-Duz.”
KtH-l-TANGA or KtH-I-TUNGA—
A range of hills in Khorasan, crossed between Rishm and Gulak! on
the route from Khuc to Samnan via Damghan —(Tfar Office Report on
Persia, Part II, Route 119-R.)
KCH-I-TILEH—
A prominent projection in the Darrud range of Khorasan. It lies to ihe
left of the road about 2 miles out of Meshed on the road to Tehran.—
{Bellew.) , , . . r r
KL1H-I-VARAZ—
A low range of hills in Khorasan, met with soon after crossing the Shah-
rud river, between Kain and Khaf. (Stewart.)
KftH-I-YAQtT—
A hill in the low chain that bounds the valley of Meshed on the south.
Its name is derived from the'fact that a small species of garnet is found
there.— (KhaniJcoff.)
KtfH-I-YAR MALIK—
See Khush Y aXlaq.—(Schindler.)
Kt)H-I-YUGH AR—
The same as Kuh-i-Chehil Sang. A ridge in Khorasan, which drains on
the one side to the Ab-i-Meshed, on the other to the Jam river. Napier
calls it the “ Kuh-i-Qad-i-Shamshir.”—(Afacfzre^or.)
KUH-I-ZA’AFAR ANLt}—
The different mountain ranges lying to the left of the road from Radkan
to Kuchan are often so called, because they lie within the district occupied
by the Za’afaranlu Kurds.— (Schindler.)
KUH-I-ZAR—
A village and mountain in the Turud sub-district of Shahrud-Bustam
about 60 miles south of Damghan and 70 south of Shahrud. It is generally
reached from Damghan via Frat and Panj Kuh, the direct road from Shah
rud having to go through a Kavir. Some years ago a European official in
Persian employ was sent here and found that the alluvial soil all along the
northern slope of the Kuh-i-Zar range, which has a length of 26 miles, was
auriferous. The only village there now is Kuhsar, with 15 houses. Some
sand was washed and yielded -000002 to -000003 of gold. On account
of the great scarcity of water there any exploitation of the auriferous
sand would result in a loss. Kuh-i-Zar means “ the gold mountain.”—
(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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