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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎379r] (782/820)

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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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YAM—YAM
731
Dash Kupri.
A mound near by is called Dasli Kupri, from
the number of bricks in it.
At the 12th mile we crossed the Ch’ach’ali stream. This, it was said
was dammed higher up, and the water from it
Ch’achVi stream. diverted into the tank.
j) az From Badrak we proceeded to Daz, 8 miles
Our route led us round to the south to cross the Kush Kupri stream
at a couple of small bridges. Kush Kupri
Kush Kupn. means two bridges.
From the Daz settlement we went to Oba-i-
Bakhshi Yatan Tappeh. Sultan Khan Daz near Bakhsi Yatan Tappeh,
3 miles.
The forest near Qaplan Tappeh, wherever it has been cleared, shows
marks of canals and of former cultivation, and
cSS there caa be no doubt that the district was
Tappeh. once thickly populated.
The land is excellent, and were it only in the hands of any but the savages
who now hold it, the district might be one ot
s ° l1 - the richest in Persia.
As it is, the Charva Yamuts, who only camp along the edge of the
forest facing Sangar and Naudeh for a short
Want of cultivation. t ^ me i n the autumn of the year, neither
cultivate the ground themselves, nor yet permit others to do so, and
hence what might be a perfect garden is now nothing but a wilderness.
The only forage we can get for our horses in the Yamut country is
green reeds, and the cost of bread and all food
Forage and supplies. ig excess i ve l y high.
The CJwrva, having little or no cultivation, possess no bhusa, and have
to buy flour, etc., for themselves.
The Yamuts are not accustomed to retail supplies, and they have no
small change. The smallest coin in the country
Currency. ig a Tliey liave n0 copper coinage, and
refuse to take coppers, even if given in charity. The consequence is that
a krdn is the minimum charge for the smallest thing.
In the autumn, owing to scarcity of grass out in the plains, they collect
Charva autumn quarters. near the hills on their south-eastern borders, but
Yamut camps on tanks ol directly rain falls they move out again mto the
the Gurgan during the open country between the Gurgan and the Atrak.
Winter. “ The banks of the Gurgan are entirely deserted
in the autumn, but the people move back there for the winter.
The Igdar occupy the ground near the Jurjan ruins, and the Kan
Yukhmaz camp in the desert between the Gurgan and the Atrak.
In November the Igdar and Kan Yukhmas
Charva winter quarters. Chdrvd sections all move to the north bank of
the Gurgan.

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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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