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‘Report of a journey through Persia.’ [7r] (14/186)
The record is made up of 1 volume (92 folios). It was created in 1890. 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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Report of a Journey through Persia.
5
bourkah, and from some pools in the ravine below. Supplies none.
Elevation about 1,400 feet.
December 21st. —Leave halting ground at 8-45 a.m. Temperature
64°. Weather fine. Road along on the left bank of a ravine. On
the right a few trees, 8" diameter, about, and prickly bushes. On
the left of the road a ridge of perpendicular upheaved strata runs
for a mile or more like a wall. At miles, the road descends, and
runs in and out among nullahs and stony hillocks. A peculiar fea
ture of all Persian roads appertains to this one, namely, that those
parts of it which are naturally good have been improved, while the
worse parts have been left to themselves. At 2^ miles pass a small
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
and bourkah. A few trees about, fit for camel grazing
and firewood only. The track now becomes broad, hard and stony.
At 3 miles an ascent commences by a rocky pathway up a ravine.
Pace very slow. A little Indian grass about and occasional trees.
At 54 miles reach the summit of a range of low mountains, and
pass between two peaks, about 400 feet above the road. Gradient
of ascent, +8°. Elevation about 1,850 feet. Road now descends
(gradient 3 0 ) gently by a winding stony track, and at 6 miles arrives at
Char Bourkah, where there is a small
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
, three ruined bour-
kahs, and one which is full of water and in good repair. Road stony,
still descends running over and amongst little hills. At 8| miles
it enters the bed of a nullah amongst Indian grass and prickly trees.
Road smooth and gravelly. Hills near covered with tufts of grass
and small cactus. At g\ miles down by a very steep descent gradi
ent 23 0 into a deep ravine with perpendicular cliffs and a sandy but
hard bottom. At gf miles the ravine becomes more extended, and
the surrounding hills less lofty, then up and down amongst crags.
At loi miles a steep descent by a narrow path, about 3 feet wide. In
4 minutes reach the bottom, and proceed along another ravine. Per
pendicular cliffs on either side as the road runs along its bed, which
is 50 yards wide, and gravelly but firm. At io| miles turn to the
left. A road to the right along a ravine runs to Bandar Abbas from
Bastak, with stages as follows, which are given by a muleteer :—•
Farsakhs.
Maheyrun to Birkah Shaikh Yusef . • . . .3
Bini Amoor ......... 3
Deho .......... 3
Dash goon ......... 3
Bander Hassan ........ 3
Khamir ......... 3
Gatchin ......... 4
Pur Zakhoon ......... 3
Seuri .......... 4
Bandar Abbas ........ 2|
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Report of a journey through Persia, written and illustrated by Lieutenant Henry Bathurst Vaughan of the Seventh (D.C.O.) Bengal Infantry for the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General’s Department in India, and printed by the Superintendent of Government Printing in Calcutta [Kolkata] in 1890. The contents of the report trace the route taken by Vaughan during the period December 1887 to September 1888, as follows:
- Part I, Section 1. Linga [Bandar-e Lengeh] to Bastak; 2. Bastak to Yezd [Yazd]; Section 3. Yezd to Samnan [Semnān], Anarak, Anarak to Samnan, and a general report;
- Part II, Section 1: Samnan to Nagenou, Turut, the rivers Kal Mura and Kal Lada, Nagenou, and the branch route to Doruna; 2. Nagenou to Bajistan [Bajestān], Bajistan; 3. Bajistan to Jumain, Jumain; 4. Jumain to Karat, and a general report from Samnan to Nagenou and the remaining route; 4. Miandasht [Mīān Dasht] to Bandar Ghez [Bandar-e-Gaz] via Astarabad [Gorgān]. A diary across the Caspian Sea is appended to the report.
The appendices are as follows: I. Niris to Beshna; II. Samnan to the Kuh-I-Gugird Range; III. To accompany the sketch of the Dasht-I-Kavir; IV. Notes on the road from Hashtadan to Meshed [Mashad]; V. Route from Meshed to Miandasht; VI. Notes on transport; VII. Means of obtaining water.
The report also includes twenty-six large illustrations, many of which are topographical views of the landscapes and villages encountered by Vaughan. There are numerous other small illustrations included within the text. Most of these are diagrams with measurements, showing the cross-sections of streams and ponds encountered by Vaughan.
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- 1 volume (92 folios)
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The report in arranged into two parts (I and II), with each part divided into numbered sections (numbered 1 to 3 and 1 to 5 respectively), and seven appendicies (I to VII). A contents page (folio 4) lists the parts, sections and appendices, and references the volume’s original pagination system. Within the text, topics and locations associated with the journey are marked in the outer margin.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; 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.
Pagination: The volume contains an original typed pagination sequence.
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