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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [47r] (98/739)
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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43
No. 34.
B ibjand to K habi S j Khmp.
Authority — S hekh M ohi-xjd- D in, K. B., M arch 1895.
Names of stages.
D istances
in miles.
Inter
mediate,
khusf
4,070'.
20
Total,
Hagz
3,650'.
Nalinao
8,650'.
G aemab
3,450'.
13
351
m
13
Zaegae
18|
80
Ekmaeks,
Over an open level road. At 4 miles
Hasanabad, at 8 miles, 11 miles and 14 miles,,
respectively, haozes of good water at 17i miles
is Kosha village, and 18f miles Sarfaz village,
Khusp is a large village of about 1,000 liousesj
witb a strong fort and a police chaoTci. The
country round about is very fertile, with much
wheat and barley cultivation, and several small
villages. Supplies are obtainable here, also suffi
cient and good water, and fuel and forage may be
bad on payment.
Went along the Khusp Rud, passing Fidishk
village at 4 miles, and halted near a haoz of good
water
Marched 13 miles over open level ground to Nalinao,
crossing the Khusp End at 3 miles, Came to a
haoz at 5^ miles, and crossed another big stream
at 9 miles. Nalinao is a small village of about 5
houses. Water from the spring was slightly brack
ish. Fuel and forage obtainable.
Over a level open road for 5 miles, then between
low hills and across a pass at 7J miles (altitude
4,050'). Descend by a ravine to Garmab. Here
is a hot spring, and \ mile to the north is a haoz
of fresh water.
An old tower here about 30 feet high, makes an
excellent landmark.
Traversed an open level plain, and after passing
three small streams en route, crossed the Khusp
Rud at 9f miles, and then passed between low
hills to Namaksar (salt pan) at 13 miles. At
14| miles and immediately to the right, passed
a shand, or small pool of rain water, ^ in the bed
of a small water-course, which dries up after
the rains. About 1 mile south of Zargar is
Zargar Koh, a prominent and conspicuous peak.
Except during the rains, water is not obtainable
at Zargar camp, but fuel and forage may be col
lected in abundance.
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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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