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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎362r] (746/820)

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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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TAB—TAB
697
Inside the walls of the town are two madrasehs or colleges, one of which
„ , is a fine large building of burnt brick. There is
Colleges and mosque. , , ® ® . • i i r, ■ - t
also a large mosque with a single lofty mmar ot
burnt brick, which is visible from a great distance.
„ , The inhabitants of Tabas itself number
Populat.on. 0! 000 and 8,COO.
The grain grown here is insufficient for the requirements of the town.
Produce, cultivation and and it is therefore imported in jaige quantities
supplies. from Dastgardun and G Una bad. The grain grown
is chiefly wheat and barley.
Opium, tobacco, and shatyatn, onion, beetroot, etc., are largely grown,
and there is an area of 2| square miles under cultivation near the town.
Fowls are very abundant, and comprise several rare and curious species.
Firewood has to be brought in from the hills and from the borders of
the kavir.
There is an immense quantity of date trees about, and the dates are very
good. Sweet and sour oranges grow in vast
Gardens and fruit. quantities and sell, the former at 5, and the
latter at 1 Iran the hundred. There are also several species of limes.
Amongst the fruits grown either here or in the vicinity are the mul
berry, walnut, apple, pear, water-melon, etc.
The water, which is good and very abundant, is principally obtained from
the hills to the east, by a stream which flows above
Water-supply. ground for a distance of several miles. On it, and
immediately above the town, are seven flour-mills worked by water. There
are also five qandt streams. During the rainy season a vast quantity of
water is caught by dams to the south-east of the town and employed in
watering the fields. Galindo is m agreement with this opinion, but several
previous travellers have stated that water is bad and scarce.
If such had ever been the'case, it is extremely improbable that Tabas
would have been selected as the site for a large town.
Camping-ground good to the west of the
Campmg-ground. town, where the water is not contaminated.
There is a considerable silk industry, and the
Industries. silkworm is largely cultivated ; but the material
is sent elsewhere to be worked up. . .
There are some workmen who are very skiliul in producing scissors,
tweezers, pincers, etc. . .
There is a Persian post office, and a fort-
Post office. nightly post to Meshed. The letters occupy
11 days in transit.
The climate of Tabas is mild; this is due«to its elevation 2,100 feet, and
also to its being in a valley where it is
Climate. sheltered by high hills from all sides except the
south and south-west winds. In summer, however, during the day the heat
is excessive, the thermometer often registering over 100°, but the nights are
always cool. , * i , • i
During the latter part of January and the early part of February, which
is about the coldest season of the year, the highest temperature recorded was
48 I. B. *- T

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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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