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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION II.' [84] (109/122)
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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At 4 miles ground broken and undulating.
At 8 miles reach narrow gap in ridge of Ak Dao-h,
which rises to 1,000 feet above valley ; gap
known as Tang-i-Nasirabad has length of 300 to
400^ paces, and is commanded by steep but ac
cessible heights.
At 81 miles reach hamlet Nasirabad, and ascend
by easy gradients over open plateau.
At 10j miles enter defile commanded by easy
heights of 50 to 500 feet; road stony but good
throughout.
At 12 miles reach crest of pass with total ascent
of 375 feet, and descend by a steep slope into
wide undulating plain ; road to Tabunah, dis
tant 4 miles, turns off left.
Thence 1 mile over easy undulations to KaraBulak,
50 houses ; road good throughout; descent from
the Ak Dagh, about 500 yards, would require
some improvement for wheels ; rock on surface
hard limestone.
From Kara Bulak the direct caravan route to Bejar
bears south-south-east ; to left of road, open
cultivated plateau land extends for some miles ;
to right easy heights 100 to 400 feet ; at 2f
miles reach crest of sharp descent into valley of
KizilOzan, known as Gnrdan i-Salamatabad.
Thence descend 2 miles to Kizil Ozan, total descent
875 feet; road narrow and tortuous; rock on
surface, limestona ; considerable labour necessary
to render pass practicable for guns.
Cross stream by strong stone bridge of 8 arches,
120 paces in length, 6 paces in breadth. Stream
unfordable for 3 months in spring only; left
bank high and precipitous, right open.
At 4 mile .left village and new mud fort of Salam-
atabad, commanded by spurs of range in rear.
Thence, following drainage line by narrow devious
path, easily improveable, at 7| miles reach crest
of wide expanse of open plateau, total ascent
600 feet.
Thence over good road, 11 miles, to hamlet Ali
Badr, 15 houses.
Thence, still ascending over open plateau, at ISJ.
miles enter defile, commanded at some distance
by isolated precipitous hills.
At 14i miles pass village of Halwai, '60 houses,
and at 15|- miles, Bejar.
Town of 1,000 houses, open and lying in hollow,
commanded on 3 sides by hill slopes.
Road from Kizil Ozan practicable for guns : total
ascent 1,500 feet.
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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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- '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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