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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [386r] (796/820)
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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YAZDAN or HAFTAD KARlZ— Lat. 33° 30' 41"; Long. 60° 53' 45*—
{Lentz).
A group of kdrlzes situated close to the Perso-Afghanistan border, on the
road between Birj and and Herat. These kdrlzes were obtained from the
Afghans by Mir Alam Khan, the late Hashmat-ul-Mulk. All but three of the
kd/Les are out of repair. There is a Persian customs post under the A?jrzo
of Avaz.— {Keyes, 1905-06.)
YAZDANABAD—
A large village on the Kirman-Bafq-Yazd road, 1 J miles west of Akbar-
abad, with an arched bazar. Inhabitants engaged in felt and carpet mak
ing and also dyeing.— {Sykes, 1894.)
YAZDU—
A small village of 10 houses, in the Birjumand sub-district of Shahrud-
Bustam ; just behind it are the Birjumand copper mines.— {Schindler.)
YAZRCT—
A valley in Kurdish Khorasan, 20 miles from Jajarm on the road to Nardin.
Its general direction is north-east and south-west.— {MacGregor.)
YICH—
A river in the Kurdish district of Khorasan. It is crossed on the road
between Radkan and Kashan, and is said to be “ a fine stream.”—(Fraser.)
YILGHAI—
A branch of the Sharif Yamut Turkomans, sub-divided into the Sikkir,
Kir, Mirzali, YakilJi, Unik, Churshi and Urazli. It contains 350 families,’
of which 190 are Chumur and 160 Chdrvd.—{Thomson ; C. E. Yate.)
YlRGtJN—
A village outside the Kalat plateau of Khorasan on the west side.— {Mac
Gregor. )
YUGHAR—
A name of the Kuh-i-Chehi!sang {q.v.) in Khorasan. It is roughly the
northern boundary of the small district of Jam, lying to v fche north and east
of Bakharz, from which it is divided on the west by the Bizq range. The
Yughar divides the drainage of the district from that of the Meshed river.—
{MacGregor.) See Kuh-i-Yughar and Kuh-i-Qad-i-Shamshlr.
YUN or YUNG—
A village in Khorasan, about 33 miles from Sabzawar, on the road to
Nlshapur by Sultan Maidan. It is situated in a valley on a stream, the water
of which is slightly bitter.— {MacGregor.)
YUNISABAD—
A village of the Shahrud plain, watered by the stream which flows through
Shahrud. It is in the ZIrustak sub-division of the district.— (Bellew.)
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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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