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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION II.' [91] (116/122)
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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91
Route No. 50.
F rom K horemabad to D izful.
B y L uristan and A rabistan.
Authority and date — M ons . A. R ivadeneyra , 1874.
Names of stages.
D istance iit
miles.
Inter-
mediate.
Total.
Eemabks.
Chfngovi
S ie-i -A b
P a-Pul-i-Kash
K an.
Chunar Buhda-
kal.
Pul-i-Madiyan-
eud.
Ali Gijan
Pul-i-Duehtae
Ab-i-Gaem
Pul-I-Tano
Ab-i-Zal
Hxjseni
10;
10|
131
161
10
10;
10i
18f
231
34
47 i
u^ 8
75f
104|
115|
134i
Khoremahad is the capital of Luristan and has
a population of about 60,000.
Heights above sea 4,550 feet.
A rivei whicli flows into the Khoremabad Eiver.
farsaJchs west of this station, the Madijau
River [a) receives the Khoremabad River, and is
called by former name. Near this station are
ruins cf a large bridge.
(a) The river changes its name along its course—
1st—Khoremabad j
2nd—Madiyan ;
3rd —Kashkan ;
4th —Kerkhah ;
Sthr-Enters the Tigris, after flowing through
the " Suweyb."
Road follows the river.
Wood scarce here. Hitherto a species of oak
plentiful. The acorn is peeled and put in an
oven. When very hot, it is steeped in water for
20 days, when the water becomes black and bitter.
The acorn is then dried in the sun, and, when
quite dry, is made into cakes. The inhabitants
subsist much on this..
Height 4,450 feet.
Height 3,000 feet. River impassable after rains.
Deep ford at all times Road difficult. The
river now receives the name of Kashkan. Ruins
of a bridge.
Height 1,950 feet. Between Pul-i-Dukhtar and
plain, two narrow passes cut through the rock,
are traversed.
Height 1,880 feet. Very narrow cliffs overhang
the river; ruins of an old bridge. In the
narrowest place the cliffs are only 1J metres
apart. A common bridge of trunks of trees.
Height 2,050 feet. River joins the Kerkah. A
short distance below this station, the direct route
from Khoremabad to Dizful joins.
Height 1,900 feet. Land begins to be cultivated
hitherto, and in most parts of Luristan, the land
is only adapted for pasture.
/
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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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