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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [333v] (685/820)
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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610
SAF—SAH
Garili, Bughiri and other Turks, said to have been brought here from
Sarakhs by Nadir Shah.
. ^ i s said to have been founded by Safi Khan of Sarakhs, one of Nadir’s
chiefs, on whom Nadir Shah conferred the district, and who brought a
lot of families with him from there to settle it.
Piece-goods, sugar, and kerosine oil are imported into Safiabad from
Sabzawar about 24 miles distant, while cotton and wheat are exported via
Shlrvan, to which place a track runs through the hills.
It is remarkable as having no trees, but there is much cultivation above
and below it.—(ZZ. M. Temple-, Yate, 1897.)
SAFlD—
A fertile valley in Khorasan, about 40 miles from Turbat-i-Haidari, on
the road to Meshed.— (Goldsmid-, Bellew.)
SAFIDAN—
A village in the Khh Paleh sub-district of Shahrfld-Bustam.--(£dimd-
ler.)
SAFlD RUD—
Also called Ab-i-Marushk (q.v.). The stream which rises in and waters
the Marush plain, the laht-i-Julgah and Is-hqabad sub-district of Nishapfir,
and then flows southwards towards the Shur Rud.— {Schindler.)
SAFlRABlD-
See Safarabad.
SAFR0LLI —Lat. 36° 8' 49'; Long. 68° 6' 30'.—
A
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
in Khorasan, 23 miles from Sabzawar, on the road to
Nishapur. —( Lentz.)
SAFURlA—
A hamlet in Khorasan, on the road from Tabas to Khflr. A few sup
plies are procurable, and peaches and apples when in season. The water
is salt and putrid ; but there is a very fine spring, called the Chashmeh-i-
8hah, 2 miles to the west, where the water is excellent, being said to be
the best between Yazd and —{MacGregor.)
SAGDEH—
A village in Khorasan, 15 miles from Nishapur towards Sabzawar. It
is described as a filthy village.— {Eastwick.)
SAH DEH—
A village in Khorasan, 56 miles on the road from Ttin to Nishapur, from
which it is 84 miles distant. It is walled, and contains 100 houses, inhabit
ed by Persians.— {Ferrier.)
sahihAbAd—
XT .4_ v ^ a & e Nishapur district of Khorasan, 3 miles south-east of
Nishapur.— {Napier-)
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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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