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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION II.' [64] (89/122)
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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Route No. 36.
F rom E rzerum to T abriz.
B y B ayazid.
ity S tuart , 185i.
Natnes of stages.
D istance in
miles.
Ititer-
mediate.
Total.
H assan K ala
K hoemazct
T aghee
M ull a S uleiman
K ara K ilissa ...
U ch K ilissa ...
B ayazid
K ilissa
K ara A ineh ...
A li S cheie ...
P ereh
K hoi
H aji S yad
B emabes.
The road crosses some cKalky hills, and then enters
the plaiii of Hassan Kala ; many streams, culti
vation.
Cross river Murts at starting, pass village of
Kiapri Koi, and cross Aras, at junction with
Murts, by bridge of Choban Kiupri. This valley
is in a well-watered plain, sloping to the Aras.
The road is excellent, and all the streams are
bridged. It goes through a well-watered and
fertile country; pass village of Delibaba, .then
come to defile of Kara Darband, a deep narrow
gorge, on each side of: whioh rise red rocks,
jagged, and broken into a hundred pinnacles
overhanging the path. A few miles beyond
come to the Baghazi-i-Tagher, a narrower but
less imposing pass, thence there is a steep
ascent followed by a few miles of upland valley.
The road ascends for 2 hours. Mulla Suleiman
is a large village at the foot of Kosh Dagh.
Pass Toprak Kala to the north. The road winds
about a great deal to avoid marshy spots.
The road goes along the banks of the Murad Cbai
the greater part of the stage, and fords it a little
below Uch Kilissa, close to a two-arched bridge.
Crossed to the right bank of the Murad Chai;
pasture land nearly the whole way to Bajazid.
Went by a short cut over the hills, and were fre
quently without a path : some tremendous de
scents. Kilissa, a small village.
The road crosses the plain of Chaman-i-Kazligul,
traverses a dreary defile hemmed in by volcanic
rocks, crosses a hill, and descends into the large
plain of Chaman-i-Chalderan.
The road goes through defiles the greater part ot
the stage. . ,
Tlie road goes through a narrow valley into the
plain of Khoi. t .
Six miles. The road goes over a plain. K-tioi
contains from 4,000 to 7,000 families; it is
surrounded by a double enceinte ot mud fortinca-
tions. ,
The road on leaving is 20 feet broad with an
avenue of willows for 2 miles, but is^ intersec e
by water-courses. Ford the Otur River a li 0
above a bridge, and then ascend from the plain.
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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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