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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION II.' [48] (73/122)
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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48
R oute N o. 29 — concld.
No,
of
stage.
Names of stages.
D istance im -
miles.
B bmabks.
1
Inter-
mediate.
Total.
Between Bayazid Agha and Teperiskeni no supplies
practically would be obtainable. About Pere^ri
and Erchek plenty should be forthcoming. Be
tween Peregri and Van water is scarce. There is
no fuel other than tezzek to be found anywhere
on this route. This route would be practicable for
field artillery, although it is not used for carts.
This is taken from a report of Captain Clayton,
1882, compared with a later report of Mr. Devej.
It would of course be possible to take the shore
road from Van to near Peregri, and by this means
avoid all difficulty as to water, besides going by
a better road. From Van to Peregri by this
route would be about 53 miles, and the whole
distance to Bayazid, going round by Kizil Diza,
would be 107 miles. From Kizil Diza to the
passes over the Russian frontier to the north is
about 20 miles. Another route from Van to
Bayazid would be by Sarai and thence to Peregri,
but besides being a great detour, this line crosses
little-known country at considerable elevations.
In the winter tiie mountains between the Bendi-
mahi Valley and Kizil Diza would often be
blocked by snow. The Hairderan Kurds graze
their flocks in this district north of the Bendi-
mahi Valley in summer.
Eonte No. 30.
F uom S ert to V an via K hizan and P elo.
Authority and date — C layton, 1881,
No,
of
stage.
Names of stages.
D istance in
miles.
E emaeks.
Inter
mediate
Total.
S bet
i
1
t •€
Leaving Sert (2,850 feet) the route ascends gradu
ally north-east, passing after 5 mile the large
and prosperous village of Halanzor. It rises
gradually, and at 5 miles further crosses hills
(4,200 feet), enclosing an amphitheatre open to
the east. It then passes about a mile west of
Puli, and turning north descends by zigzags
5 miles to a stream (2,500 feet) 2 miles west of
the village of Kurmus, which is the seat of a
kaimalcam. It then runs north over hills for 3
miles and turns sharp east 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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