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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [27r] (58/739)
The record is made up of 1 volume (367 folios). It was created in 1898. 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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No. \~~contd.
Amul to A strabad > vid BarfarusJi, Sari anil Ashraf,
No.
D istances
in miles.
of
Stage.
Names of stages.
Interme
diate.
Total.
E kmabes,
and clumps of trees. Passing through small vil
lage of Zirawan, came once more upon the old
causeway, and, crossing it, went round the foot of
an almost precipitous hill, on which Sufiabad is
built. Ascended it by a narrow, winding path ;
and half-way up, where the ascent becomes less
steep, are the remains of an arched gateway and
a strong wall extending about 200 yards along
the side of the hill. Continued winding to the
summit, when passing two more gateways—the
one in a dilapidated tower, and the other in a
wall, about 15 feet high—came to the square
terrace on which the house is built. Then des
cended the hill, and in less than a quarter of an
hour arrived at Ashraf. Cf. Route No. 217, stage 11.
7
R akiabdin
6
98
Proceeded as far rs the village of Rakiabdin.
Koad from Ashraf lay through the forest along
the causeway, which is here very dilapidated and
painful to horses, being formed of large stones
procured from the rocks in the neighbourhood.
The distance from Kara Tapa to Eakiabdin is 3
farsakhs, Ashraf lying exactly half-way.
8
G az
20
118
The mountains, here thinly wooded, lay close on
right, .and at first the road was along the cause
way, occasionally turning aside among the
ploughed fields to avoid some peculiarly dilapi
dated spots. Shortly after setting out, passed
the villages of Kalagh and Kalapani, hid among
the trees on left ; and then for about 2 miles
proceeded through a low, thick jungle of fern
and brambles. Farther on, passed Tilietash,
Tilinuh, Imran, and Harmindzamin, all small
villages situated close to one another at the foot
of the hills on right. Several burying-grounds
lay by the roadside. Having crossed several beds
of mountain torrents, came to that of the river
Kulbad, about 50 yards broad and now quite
dry ; but, from the appearance of the banks and
the large stones lying in the channel, very diffi
cult to ford in the spring. The village of Kul
bad lay further north towards the sea. A mile
fai*ther on came to the Hair-i-Kulbad (ditch of
Kulbad), which forms the boundary between the
provinces of Astrabad and Mazandaran. It is a
dry ditch about 10 yards wide and 5 deep. The
Hair-i-Kulbad is i3-| farsaklis (18 miles) from
Ashraf and 2 farsakhs from Gaz. Continued
march through the forest. A mile or two after
crossing the dry bed of a river, called the
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The volume is a Government of India official publication entitled Routes in Persia. Section III. Compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General's Department in India (Simla: printed at the Government Central Printing Office, 1898).
The volume contains details of all land routes (numbered 1-247) in Persia starting from Russian territory and extending south as far as a line drawn from Karmanshah [Kermānshāh] south-eastwards through Burujird [Borūjerd], Isfahan [Eşfahān] and Yazd to Karman [Kermān], and thence north-east to Khabis [Khabīş] and Neh to Lash Juwain [Lāsh-e Juwayn].
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, agriculture, condition of roads, access to water, supplies of wood, and other routes).
An appendix within the volume (folios 356-359) and two separately-stored sets of loose sheets (containing routes numbers 77 (a) and 140-A, folios 363-369) give information too late for incorporation in the body of the work.
The volume also contains pockets attached to the front and back inside covers for maps. These consist of an index map showing the limits of each of the three sections of Routes in Persia (folio 2) and an index map to the routes in Section III (folio 361). There is also a fold-out map of the route from Seistan [Sīstān] to Mashad on folio 232.
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 (367 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains an alphabetical cross index (folios 6-17), and an alphabetical index to names of places (folios 18-25).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates on the last page of the loose supplementary sheets (found in the small grey folder within the main folder); 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 also contains a printed pagination sequence.
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