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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [361v] (745/820)
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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TABAS (No. 4) (Town)-Lat. 33° 36' 35". Long. 56° 53' 15". Elev 2 100-
(Vaughan). ’
A town in Khora-jan, situated 310 miles from Herat and 190 miles from
Situation. Yazd, on the road between them. It is the
chief town of the district of the same name
and situated on a gravel slope which runs gently downwards from the
western foot of the lofty Shuturi range, and terminates in a salt desert some
miles to the west of and below the town.
The surrounding country, jvhere water has not been brought to irrigate
Soil. is bare and unproductive, consisting chiefly
of great gravel plains, which afford a certain
amount of grazing to camels, sheep, and goats.
The town with its adjacent gardens and detached houses extends from
Town. east wes ^ ^ or H miles, and is | mile in
breadth from north to south. The old walled
town lies to the extreme west. The east and west faces are 400 yards in
length, and the north and south faces 700 yards.
It has two gateways—one in the centre of the east, and the other in the
centre of the west face. Each gate is flanked by a couple of round towers.
The walls are built of sun-dried bricks, and gradually taper away to the
battlements, and are necessarily of considerable thickness, probably 6 to
8 feet at the base, and about 18 inches on the rampart. The walls are loop-
holed, and strengthened by the insertion of circular towers at intervals. A
broad and deep dry ditch surrounds it. The walls appear to be built on a low
mound. The ditch is crossed by a brick bridge at each of the gateways.
The interior of the town is in a ruinous condition, the greater part of the
inhabitants having left it and built houses to the east, where the new town
stands.
The old bazar, which is at the east end of the fort, is a long and lofty
structure with a \aulted roof , but many of the shops are empty as the
traders prefer to sell their goods in the stalls outside.
The new town owes its origin to the cessation of Baluch and Turkoman
raids, which have not occurred for more than 30 years. Opposite the east
gate of the town is the new bazar, which contains 150 shops, 30 of which
are empty. There is a new
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
in it. Up the centre of the new
town runs a broad avenue overhung by mulberry and walnut trees
and with streams flowing down either side. To the right and left he the
better class of houses, each separate within its gardens and enclosures.
The governor lives in a palace situated in the new town. It contains
several fine reception rooms, and has some magnificent gardens attached
The citadel is built on an immense mound about 30 feet high, and is
Citadel. situated in the centre of the south face of the
old town. It is about 80 yards square, and has
round corner towers, and one in the centre of each face. It is surrounded
by a ditch, and the gateway, to which access is obtained by a bridge is in
the north face. 6 5
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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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