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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION II.' [50] (75/122)
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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60
HoutE No. 31.
F rom V an to M ukus, K hizan^ and S ert.
Authority and data — D evey, ] 889.
fTo.
Kames of stages.
D istance iir
miles.
of
Btage.
Inter-
mdiate
Total.
E kjiabks.
i
Van
m«
From Van the route is the game as that to Bitlis,
and to Mush south of the lake as far as Vostan
just beyond Atanan.
1
VosTAlf
18
18
Vostan ;; near this the route to Mtikus turns off
to the south, and after crossing wooded hills for
10 miles pass Narek village and monastery, and
three miles further is reached
2
aeterl?
13
31
Arpert. There is then a steep ascent of 9 miles
to the summit of a lofty pass over the Yeremy
mountains, with a steep descent on the other
side to
3
Khoeos Kilissa
16
47
Khoros Kilissa at the head of the jVlnkus stream,
which is followed down to
4
Mueus
10
67
Mukus. This valley is followed down in a westerly
direction for 4 miles, and the route then turns up
to the right, making 5 miles of very steep
ascent. The ridge between the Ghindig Su and
the Mukus Su is followed for some miles, and the
route then descends gradually to
6
Bas1»
24
81
Bast
(Per.) A Persian custom allowing an individual to seek asylum at a designated location.
, and a valley with many hamlets is then de
scended for 7 miles, to where the Ghindig Su is
met. This is crossed by a stone bridge at
6
SaEis
8
89
Saris, where the route is the same as Route 39 by
Karasu and Khizan to
7
Seet
481
137J
Sert.
This is a difficult route, many of the ascents and
descents being very steep. The bottoms of the
valleys are cultivated and end on many villages.
The hill-sides are more or less wooded, but the
tops of the mountains are bare and rugged ; the
water-supply is abundant. Much game is found
on the hills, but the country is not well known,
nor is it adapted, for military operations. This
report is from one by Mr. Devey of 1889. From
Vostan to Mukus the route is probably identical
with that described by Layard. It should be
noted that this route between Sert and Mukus
and Layard's between Mukus and Julamerk
make a line from Sert to Julamerk ; but the route
most; usually followed runs up the Bhotan Su as
far as Sbattak.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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