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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [32v] (69/739)
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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14
No. 12.
A stara to R asht, vidj Anzalu
•H olmes ; M ac G regor.
Distances
No.
Names of stages.
in miles.
of
■tage.
Interme
diate.
Total.
Ebmaeks.
hevie
20
Khaeghan
kupfechae ...
23
20
43
30
73
4 Anzau
5 Rasht
12
85
16i 1011
Road along beach, formed of sand and detritus.
The sands are in some places 200, but often do
not exceed 15 yards in breadth ; and thick forest^
with a dense border of underwood, descends from
the mountains to their very verge.
Mile after mile the scenery continues the same-
Pass in succession the rivers, Khojakarri, Khan-
rud^Lavandavil, Chilivand, Lamir, and Naubat-
Chai. All clear, shallow streams, about 20 yardsf
broad, with sandbanks at their mouths. At 20tb
mile come to river Hevir, and turning along-
its banks into forest, arrive at
same name.
a village of the-
On leaving Hevir, ford river, and continue along the
coast, which presents the same description of
scenery as above.
Ford the rivers Shilawan, Khatwa-Sarai, Lisar-
Chai, and Xarghan-Rud, all in some measure-
dangerous on account of quicksands, and requir
ing experienced guides. The Karghan-Rud is
by far the largest stream crossed; and a wide,
stony bed of some 300 yards, strewed with rocks-
and the trunks of large trees, show that it must
be a tremendous torrent in the spring.
On leaving, road proceeds through forest towards
the seashore.
Continuing onward, passes the following rivers ;—
the Hindikaran, the Kalfarud, the Allalonchai,.
the Kalasara, the Duna-Char (a considerable-
river), the Sumarkaran, the Alekian, the Naukan-
deh, the Shuari-Chai, and the Mahmud Tukiank
Most of them in the dry season shallow streams,
but become rapid torrents in the spring.
After 30 miles all along the beach, which presents-
the same scenery as above, arrive at Kurpurchaiv
the last village in Talish.
Road .goes for 12 miles along ridge of sand, which,
varying in breadth from a quarter to half a mile^
separates the lake of Anzali from the Caspian.
Thence it is only possible to go by boat across the
Murd-ab, or backwater of Anzali, to Piri-Bazar,
11 miles. The time taken is usually 2 to ^
hours. From this to Rasht, 5| miles, there is a
capital driving road, which, however, is not kept
in order. Cf. Eoute No. 222, stage 12.
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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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