"تقرير عسكري عن بلاد فارس. مجلد IV، الجزء II". [و‎‎٧‎٦] (٢١٢/١٥٦)

CHAPTER VII.
Communications.
Railways. —There are no railways in this area. A light Railways,
railway was laid from Biishire to Borazjun (40 miles) during
the operations of 1918, but this has now been dismantled.
Rauls. —All routes are described in detail in " Routes in Roads.
Persia, Volume IV, Part II.”
Teleyraphs.r—The following telegraph lines exist:— Telegraphs.
(1) Reshire to Bushire (3 wires). Length 6 miles.
1 wire goes to the British Telegraph Office situated in the
Residency.
2 wires go to the Persian Telegraph Office situated in the
town ; one wire for the Ahwaz line and one for the
Tehran line. [See (2) below.]
Reshire to the British Residency at Sabzabad 1 wire.
(2) Reshire to Tehran, via Shiraz, Isfahan and Ardistan
(3 wires). Length 509 miles. Intermediate stations
in this area are Borazjun, Kazarun, Shiraz, Abadeh,
Isfahan and Ardistan. Of the above 3 v ires one is
given over to the use of the Persian authorities for
the greater part of each day.
(3) A section of the international line (3 wires), running
from Ardistan via Na n, Yazd and Kerman to the
Indian border near KCh-i-Malik Slab, and in a nor-
r therly direction to Tehran vid Kashan. In the area
under review the only intermediate stations are Nam
' and Yazd.
X4) Section of the line from Bf shire to Ahwaz (1 wire).
Intermediate stations Bandar Rig and Bandar
Dllam. A telegraph office belonging to this section
has recently been opened at Ganaveh for the use of
the Anglo-Persian Oil Company’s undertaking there.