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‘Report of a journey through Persia.’ [10r] (20/186)
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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Rppvrt of a Journey through Persia.
7
stony and uneven, runs over some small nullahs. At 6| miles it cross
es two deep nullahs in succession (requiring cutting, and gradients
easing for guns). Soil hard ; then ascends by a winding rocky path
way, impassable to guns. Over a saddle between two hill ranges, then
across it, and at 7I miles descend towards Bastak, which is now visi
ble by a steep and rocky pathway impassable to guns and cut in
the hill side. Then over a level plain until the town of Bastak is
reached.
Distance 93 miles. Time 5 hours.
Road passable to all arms, except from 6th to 8th miles when it is
unfit for guns.
B astak.
Bastak is a town built of sun-dried bricks. It contains 600 houses
and the population is between 4,000 and 5,000. It is situated in the
centre of a small plain, about 4 miles in length from east to west
and 3 miles in breadth from north to south. This plain is enclosed
by high mountains on all sides. The town is unfortified and unwall-
ed. As seen from the heights above, it presents a most picturesque
appearance, being surrounded by green fields and large plantations of
palm trees. There is a small fort on the hills to the south of it
about 2 miles off.
It is the chief town of a district, containing 15,000 inhabitants.
They are said to be able to muster 3,000 fighting men—the town of
Bastak alone supplying 800 of these. Forty thousand
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
are paid
annually by the Governor to the head Governor of Lar.
There is no bazar here, people selling and buying in their own
houses, and but little is procurable.
Supplies. —Wheat and barley, which form the bulk of the crops,
and dried dates. Cows, sheep, and goats are very scarce.
Camels and asses.
Water plentiful from springs, cisterns and wells ; the latter are
from 20 to 30 feet deep, and in a gravel soil. Roads run from here
to Linga, Bander Abbas, Jena, Lar and Furg. The following route
was given me by a muleteer :—
7. Bastak.
9f-69.
Bastak.
Population.
Situation.
Forts.
Supplies.
Transport.
Water
communi
cations.
Lingah to Bourkah Ali
Cliah Musella
Armakh
M aro
Takht-I-Jena
Bastak
Total.
3 farsakhs.
8 „
11
14 »»
19
25
This route is a very bad one, being liable to landslips.
4 p. m. 70° . . 9 p. m, 45 0
27 0 II'I6"
T empe r ature
Latitude
Elevation about 1^660 feet.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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