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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [28v] (61/739)
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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6
No. 4.
A mul to T ehran,
Authority — H olmes ; O oseley.
No.
of
stage.
Distances
in miles.
Eemaeks.
Names of stages.
Interme
diate.
Total.
Amul •*.
• • «
• • «
Cf. Route No. 217, stage 6.
1
Parusp
16
16
Road leads in a S. direction for 18 miles^ along
the west bank of Haraz through thick jungle,
or in places up bed of river. At 6th mile enters
a valley, 400 yards broad, through which the
stream flows to plain. Road then runs along bed
of stream; and at 11th mile, valley closing in on
both sides, road ascends left bank of river by
narrow causeway, in some places not more than
3' or 4/ broad, cut in steps on side of the hill, and
formed of layers of wood and stone placed on
deep clay, the natural soil of the hill. This
causeway is almost impassable to horsemen and
laden mules, and is fast falling into utter decay,
numberless mountain streams and the incessant
rains of the country having washed away in
many places the materials of which it is made.
The remains of an ancient and more substantial
road, built up against the solid rock on the other
side of the stream, are visible, and are probably
the work of Shah Abbas ; but earthquakes and
torrents have nearly destroyed it, and travellers
prefer the modern causeway, although the dis
tance by it is greater. At 13th mile, road again
descends to the bed of the stream, but occa
sionally runs over causeways similar to the one
above described, but shorter in extent. The hills
cease to be wooded within about 2 miles of Parus,
a ruined and deserted building, which may once
have been a sarai. Supplies in small quantities
procurable, but with great difficulty.
2
Khaeu
15
31
Beyond Parusp, still pursuing a S. course, road
improves, from hardness of rock over which it
passes and from the dryness of climate. It is,
however, in some places only a narrow pathway,
built upon or scooped out of face of a perpendi
cular rock overhanging the torrent, and will not
admit of a horseman passing along it. Frequent
accidents are said to occur from landslips and
fragments loosened by sudden thaws in the
mountains. Between Parusp and Kharu, the
stream is crossed in two places by wooden bridges,
near the remains of stone ones which have been
swept away by the torrent. At Kharu some caves,
cut in the side of the hill, afford shelter to the
traveller ; no supplies.
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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).
- Physical characteristics
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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