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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION II.' [34] (59/122)
The record is made up of 1 volume (57 folios). It was created in 1895. 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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34
E oute N o. 17— concld.
No.
D istance in*
miles.
E emaeks.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
18
19
S hah G ueldi...
V an
30
23
392
415
Ten feet road between lake and hills. At 3 miles
bridge, CO yards, 2 arches, over river Benditnalii,
shallow, low banks. Road passes several villages'
then over undulating hills with good soifto
Shah Gueldi, 10 houses.
Road over plain passing many small villages.
Then over hills. At 10 miles descend to river!
Bridge 70 ynrds long, 4 feet wide, stone piers and
trestles, about 20 in all. At 17 miles begin
descent into Van plain. Passes villages and
runs between walled gardens to Van. This is an
important town and fortress with a considerable
garrison. Population stated variously, probably
about 30,000.
Route Ho. 18.
F rom M osul to V an via A madta and J dlamerk,
Authority and 1884; A insworth, 1840.
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
dlstaitce in"
mile?.
Remaeks.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
After crossing the bridge over the Tigris the
route runs north-east, passing through the
mounds and ruins of Nineveh, over level country
with good grass, but little cultivation; some low
ranges of hills to
Khorasabad. Ascend gradually towaMs the hilly
country, sandy clay soil, most of the villages
passed occupied by Yezidis, luxuriant grass and
some tillage. After about 18 miles the undula
tions become more pronounced, and the hill
country is reached, some trees; route crosses
grassy undulations, ascending continually for 3
miles, then up a ravine to
Sheikh Adi (2,850 feet), tomb of the founder of
the \ezedi faith, some vineyards, little cul
tivation. Descend somewhat, hills stony, but
Fome grazing, into the valley of the Upper
Ghasu Su, miles broad, fertile but untilled.
At 5 miles cross the river; its bed is more than
50 yards wide, but usually it is not more than 15
mooUL
KHOEASABiD ...
15
S heikh A di ...
26
15
dl
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The volume is a Government of India official publication entitled Routes in Persia. Section II. Compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General's Department in India by Captain J. Vans Agnew, 3rd Madras Lancers (Simla: printed at the Government Central Printing Office, 1895).
The volume contains details of all land routes (numbered 1-50) leading from Turkey-in-Asia into Western Persia between Erzerum [Erzurum] in the north and Basra in the south. The information given for each route comprises:
- number of route;
- place names forming starting point and destination of route;
- authority and date;
- number of stage;
- names of stages;
- distance in miles (intermediate and total);
- remarks (including precise details of the route, general geographical information, and information on smaller settlements, local peoples, religious affiliations, condition of roads, access to water, supplies of wood, and other routes).
The volume also contains pockets attached to the front and back inside covers for index maps of the routes, but only one of these (folio 58), 'Index Map to Routes in Persia. Section II.' (compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Department), dated October 1895, is present.
An ink stamp on the front cover records the confidential nature of the publication and that it was being transmitted for the information of His Excellency the Viceroy (Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin and 16th Earl of Kincardine) only.
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- 1 volume (57 folios)
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The volume contains an alphabetical cross index (folios 5-7); and an alphabetical index to names of places (folios 8-10).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; 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 (except for the front cover where the folio is on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. ). This is the sequence used to determine the order of pages.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Condition: folio 7 is detached from the volume.
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- 'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION II.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:16, 1:94, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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