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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎251v] (519/820)

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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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482
KUT—KUT
top of the range looks as if it could be ridden over, and in spring is said to
be covered with rich grass. According to our guide, large numbers of
nomads come up during May and June-Baluchis from tho ISishapur
side, and Timuris from the Meshed side.”— {C. E. late.)
K UTAL-I-P ACHIN AR or TAPPEH-I-SALAM—
See Kutal-i-Nishapur.
KUTAL-I-PARTUl— _
A pass in the Kuchan district in Khorasan, near Kaleh Hasan. (Mac-
Lean.)
KUTAL-I-QUZLUQ—
A pass in Astarabad, 18 miles from the city of Astarabad, on the road to
Shahrud. The ascent on the Shahmd side over the pass to the old site
of the now deserted village of Quzluq is difficult ; but thence the road
through a forest is level to Astarabad—(MacGregror.)
' See Quzluq.
KUTAL-I-SAL—
A pass and a high range to the south side of the Badar valley in the
Kuchan district of Khorasan, the western extension of which is known as
Ak Kamar. The kutal must be at least 2,000' above the level of the val
ley, and 7 or 8 miles distant from it—(MacLean.)
KUTAL-I-SANGrI—
See Kutal-i-Khaki.
KUT AL-I-SHAIKH ANEH— Lat. 37° 18' 0" ; Long. 57' 19' 0 W .
A pass in the Bujnurd district of Khorasan, about 14 miles south of Buj-
nurd on the road to Isfarain. It is not practicable for animals during four
months in the winter.— (Napier.)
KUTAL-I-SIAH KHANEH—
See Kvtal-i-Girvan.
KUT AL-I-SURKH ANT—
A pass in Khorasan, about 20 miles from Kuchan, on the road to Sabza-
war. The road over the pass is bad and 2 miles in length.—(AfacGVe^or.)
KUTAL-I-TAKHT-I-BlSHKAR—
A very high pass in Khorasan, between the Aleh Dagh and Salhq moun
tains. It was crossed by the Russian Consul Bakulin, in a wheeled car-
t riage, on the road from Bujnurd to Tavar.—(PefrmmM.)
KUTAL-I-TlRGAN—
A pass in Khorasan crossed on the road from Kalat-i-Nadiri to DarrehGaz,
at -aoout 27 miles from the former. The ascent from the Kalat side takes

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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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