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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [44v] (93/739)
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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88
No. 32.
Biejand Herat, via
Authority- —macgregou, 1875.
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
D istances
in miles.
Intermo
diate.
ISFAZAE
Fubk
G azik
27
24
20
Total.
27
51
71
Bbmaeks.
Stewart gives 26 miles as the distance.
No. 30 *
C£. Route-
From Isfazar the road ascends gradually for about
5 miles, when there is a sharp little ascent to the
top of a pass, over the main range of the Main-
abad rid^e, itself a continuation of the Sam and
Shahi range. From the top of this pass, which
is called the Gudar-i-Darmian, there is a fine view
of high hills, to the N.E. the Gazik Kuh range
and to the S.W. the Bagiran. The road then
descends rather steeply into the head of the-
Darmian valley or glen ; but neither the ascent
nor descent of this pass is very difficult, and
both could easily be made practicable for guns.
A short distance on a stream of water is reached,,
and the path goes along it the whole way into
Darmian. The road so far is also described in
Route No. 34. This is a considerable village of
about 200 houses in the midst of a perfect garden?
of luxuriant cultivation, which extends oyer every
inch of cultivable ground in the glen, which,,
however, is only about 500 or 600 yards broad,,
and continuing down it for 3 miles further
when it joins that of the village of Furk. This
latter has a considerable name in these parts as;
a place of strength which is not altogether un
deserved. It is situated on a hill about 200 or
260' high, but is commanded by other hills to
the N.W. and S. The fort is supplied with three
large tanks of water,, said to be sufficient for a
large garrison for a year and-a-half. There are-
large granaries here, estimated as capable of af
fording storage for rations for 30,000 men for
one month. There is also a good supply of
donkeys, but there is no other means of trans
port.
From Furk to Gazik the road first goes over a
plain for 8 miles, then over an uneven sort of
range for another 8^ and then a low but steep
pass is ascended, and Gazik is at your feet,
a patch of green in the midst of brown, rugged
hills. It is the frontier village of Khorasan on
this road, and is situated in an amphitheatre^
about 2 miles in diameter, surrounded on all sides
but the S.S.E. by hills. The village has 300
houses and a strongish little fort on a mound in
* btewart (1883) gives the same route (from native information ?),with exactly the same stages, but different
distances, making the total 200 miles. He mentions the Gudar Durmiau between lafazar and 1'urk, 7,600'aboT«
sea level.
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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)
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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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