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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎292v] (601/820)

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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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MUJ—MUN
MUJIN SHAHRUD—
A village in the Kuh Paleh sub-district of Shahrud-Bustam, about 20 miles
west of Shahrud, situated in the apex between the junction of the Shinth
and Tappeh spurs of the Shah Kuh, amidst the ramifications of the lower
spurs.— {Lovett.)
MULKABAD—
A village in the Bivflzhan sub-division of the Meshed district in Khor-
asan, about 17 miles from the caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). of Turuq. It contains about
50 families. Water good. Supplies procurable.— {Mania Bakhsh.)
MtJLKHAT or MULHAQ—
A small village in Khorasan on the road between Khaf and Turbat-i-
Haidari, 35| miles from the former and 36 miles from the latter. It
consists of 15 houses, containing 60 inhabitants, and possesses 30 cattle.
The annual production of wheat and barley in ordinary years (§ wheat,
£ barley) amounts to about 720 Indian maunds. Water-supply from a
kdriz.— (C. Wanliss, August 1903.)
MULLA-ABAD (No. 1)—
A village in Khorasan, 3| miles north of Meshed.— {MacGregor.)
MULLA-ABAD (No. 2)—
A small village in Khorasan, about 1 mile from Kakh, on the road
to Kain. There is a pond, fed by a stream, near the village.— {Bellew.)
MULLA AMAN—
A small village of the Tuiud sub-district of Shahrud-Bustam, on the Yazd-
Damghan road, on the northern edge of the great kavlr, about 80 miles
from Damghan.— {Schindler.)
MULLA KALEH—
A small Port in Astarabad bay at the mouth of the Kara Su, and the nearest
to the town of Astarabad. It is much frequented by native boats, which
bring cargoes of salt and naptha from Chilikan for the Astarabad
market. It exports cotton seed and charcoal to Russia.— {Namier; Astar-
abdd Trade Report, 1909.)
MULLA MANIK— Lat. 37° 13' 0"; Long. 58° 28' 0".
A village in northern Khorasan, 35 miles south-east of Shirvan.—
{Intelligence Division, War Office.)
MUNEH DUZ—
A village surrounded with gardens, at the foot of the Isfian range, on
the Nimbuluk plain in Khorasan.— {Bellew.)
MUNEH VAZ—
A village in the Nimbuluk (Dasht-i-PIaz) huluk of the Kain district of
Khorasan.—( Bellew. )
MtlNJ-I-SHlRIN—
A village of 15 houses in the Tabas sub-district of Sabzawar, 19 miles
north-west of Tabas.—(£c/wndter.)

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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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