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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [375v] (775/820)
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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724
UGH-URD
U
tJGHAZ— Elev. 5,300'.
A village situated in tlie Ughaz valley in the Kuchan district, 12 miles
from Quran. The valley contains six villages altogether, and is a fertile
and well cultivated spot. The village of Ughaz contains some 400
families.— (C. B. Yate, 1894.)
UHNAK or ’UNAK—
A village in Khorasan, 28 miles from Tun, on the road to Turshiz. It
contains 100 houses, and can provide some supplies.—(MacGregor.)
Ukuh—
See Ab-i-Kuh.
0LANG-I-RADKAN—
See Chaman-i-Gubach.
ULANG-I-SHAHl—
A village in Khorasan, north-east of Fariman and south of Meshed.—
(Petrusevtich.)
ULANG-I-YtRT—
A small, grassy plain with a spring, in the Chinaran valley between
Bujnurd and Chinaran in northern Khorasan.— {Schindler.)
UNAK—
See Uhnak, .
’UNNAB or DARAKHT-I-’UNNAB (jujube tree)—
A spring of sweet water sufficient for two flocks of sheep of 1,500 each,
situated between the Nari spring, and Kal-i-Farshami, being about 8
miles west of the former and about 4 m les east of the latter in the
Zurabad district of Khorasan.— {Maclean,)
UNSHAI—
A village in Khorasan, 106 miles on the road from Khaf to Tabas,
from which it is 81 miles distant. It is a large village, with a little
cultivation and plenty of good water, and flocks of sheep. There
is also a good serai. — {Christie.)
UNUN DARREH (The long pass)— Lat. 37° 58' 0" ; Long. 56° 42' 0".
A pass in northern Khorasan, on the road from Chehil Guzar on the
Atrak to the Atak.— {Intelligence Division, War Office.) Perhaps Ulun
Darreh.
UQARl DARREH—
A pass in north-eastern Khorasan, leading from Kuchan to the Atak
Turkomans used to raid through it into Persian territory.—(T/mmso».)
tRDDGAH— Lat. 36° 5' 0"; Long. 60° 36' 0"—(Ynpier).
A halting-place in Khorasan, on the road from Meshed to Sarakhs
by Akdarband, and about 45 miles from the former town. It lies in the
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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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- 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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