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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [262v] (541/820)
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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maghishA—
A village to the right of the road from Davarzan to Ribad, in the Sabza-
war district of Khora:an.— (Maula Bakhsh.)
MAGHZ—
See “ Mazaj.” ,
MAHALLEH—
A village in the Khusf buliik of the Kaln district of Khorasan.— (Bellew.)
MAHALLEH SHUJA’—
A village in the Kakh buluk of the Kaln district of Khorasan.— (Bellew.)
MAHANEH—
A village in the Mahvilat buluk of the Turbat-i-Haidari district of Khora
san.— (Bellew.)
MAHIABAD—
A small village in the Alghur buluk of the Kain district of Khorasan,
about 9 miles from Blrjand, on 'the road to Kain. It contains 30 houses
and 100 inhabitants. Annual production of wheat and barley in ordinary
years (f wheat, £ barley) is about 45 Indian maunds. Water-supply
from a kdriz, slightly brackish. The village is surrounded by orchards,
containing vines, apricot trees, etc.— (C. Wanliss, July 1903.)
MAHlAM—
»
A village in the sub-division of Nlmbuluk (Dasht-i-Piaz) in Khorasan —
(Bellew.)
MAHMANABAD—
See “ Behmanabad.”
MAHMUDABAD (No. 1)—
A village in Khmasan, on the road from Meshed to Herat, and 16 miles
from Turbat-i-Shaikh Jam. It is situated on the high bank of the Jam
river, \ of a mile from the high road, and is surrounded by a 'pakka wall.
It consists of some 1,200 inhabitants, who possess 250 cattle and 700 sheep
and goats. The annual production of wheat and barley in ordinary years
(§ wheat, | barley) is about 15,700 Indian maunds. Water-supply from
the Jam river.— (Wanliss, October 1903.)
MAHMGDABAD (No. 2)—
A walled village on the road between Turbat-i-Haidari and Meshed,
7£ miles from the former place. It consists of 30 houses and some 90
inhabitants and possesses 40 cattle and 200 sheep and goats. The annual
production of wheat and barley in ordinary years (f wheat, | barley)
is about 270 Indian maunds. Water-supply from a kdrlz. — (C. Wanliss,
August 1903.)
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:105v, 105ar:105av, 106r:180v, 180ar:180av, 181r:185v, 185ar:185av, 186r:195v, 195ar:195av, 196r:196v, 196ar:196av, 197r:232v, 232ar:232av, 233r:305v, 305ar:305av, 306r:334v, 334ar:334av, 335r:357v, 357ar:357av, 358r:365v, 365ar:365av, 366r:396v, back-i
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