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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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R oute N o. 25 — concld.
D istance im-
No.
miles.
of
Names of stages.
E bmaees,
stage.
Inter
mediate
Total.
Gollu. The track, after some steep ascents and
descents, descends a narrow valley running east
wards into Lake Yan, whicli it descends to a
9
K han
20|
83|
Khan, near the mouth of the stream. Several vil
lages near this ; supplies plentiful; Murkruk
and Mokrart, the chief places. Beyond this the
route is possible for wheeled conveyances. The
Khan is the seat of a TcaimaJcam. The route now
runs along low ground between the hills and the
lake, passes a monastery after 4 miles, and then,
after crossing a spur, passes Yostan. From near
Yostan a route crosses southwards to Mukus,
reaches the village of
10
A tanan
13j
97
Atanan. The route now runs north-east, and after
2 miles crosses the Khushab River near its mouth.
There is a rickety hurdle bridge of one span, but
with low water the river, which is 20 yards wide,
is fordable. There are also two bridges higher
up. The plain of the Khushab is fertile, well
cultivated, and thickly populated.
11
E ngl
6
103
Engl, a large Armenian village of 80 houses. The
route now runs over undulating cultivated coun
try past Zebbistan to the plain of Yan, and ar
rives at
12
V an
iii
lUi
Yan. This route is not practicable for artillery
throughout. Arahas can run over from Mush to
LakeYan, and from the Khan at 83| miles to Yan,
but the intervening part of the route is very rough
in many places, and difficult even for pack trans
port. Sleighs are used in winter for transport
ing wood. The villages are poor along the south
shore of the lake, but wood and water are plenti
ful ; and supplies should be generally obtainable
in the best parts. This route is compiled from
reports by Captain Clayton, 1881, Mr. Devey,
1889, and Tozer's <£ Turkish Armenia."
Route No. 26.
F rom Y an to B ashkala, and thence via D iza to U rumiah.
Authority and date — C layton , 1882; M aunsell , 1888.
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
D istance in
miles.
E emakks.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Y an
#• «
111
The route runs south-east over the plain past
Kumbach, and then ascends for 5 miles to a col
(7,100 feet) and descends to
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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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