'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [47v] (99/739)
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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44
No. 34—conM.
Biujand to KhabiS j vid Khusp,
No.
Names of stages.
D istances
in" miles.
e emasks,
of
stage,
Interne
diate.
Total,
6
S hand A li R eza
2,720'
13
93
March still over open level ground, with low hills
on both sides. Obtained brackish water from
a well in the bed of a dry water-course.
7
N aiband
3,400'.
20
113
After crossing a watershed, passed a nafnaJcsar
(salt pan) at 5J miles, and crossed the Hanar
river at 9 miles, then over flat open ground, at
J2| miles passed a haoz of good water 'and
crossed a low pass at 15 miles, then continued
over undulating ground. Jt'rom Naiband the
high road branches off to Mashad. Naiband
is a large village of about 100 families, under the
Amir of Tabas. The fort is situated about | a
mile north of the road and on a spur of the
Naiband range. Supplies may be had at Naiband
but at high rates, and from a spring below the
fort fresh water may be obtained, but it gets
brackish as it Hows down the ravine. Fuel and
forage very scarce.
8
H aoz ...
3,760'.
14
127
After crossing a low watershed at 3 miles, arrived
at Sar Chasma spring at 4 miles (altitude 3,550'),
and thence ascended along the water-course to
a pass, distant 9J miles (altitude 4,070'), and
then to a haoz between two hills. No water in
this haoz except after the rains. Forao-e U
scarce, but fuel plentiful. &
9
30
C hehsl P ai
2,860'.
D aeband
3,000'.
I
23
23
X
150
173
i
1
Descended a gentle declivity, crossed a stream at 3
miles, then proceeded between low hills and
over a watershed at 7 miles, then descending a
gentle slope crossed a big stream (uo name) at
lo3 miles, after which ascended to a pass at 18
miles. Chehel Pai (40 steps) is so called from a
stone well with a flight of 40 steps leadino-
down to the water, which is brackish. Here
is a sarai and a haoz of good water, but fuel
and forage are very scarce.
Marched over an open Jevel plain for 18 miles
crossing several small water-conrses, and then
entered a defile or tang, which was followed
nearly up to Darhand, a low spur being- crossed
immediately before reaching that place Along
this march were several stone pillars and cairns
about 6 feet high, built as landmarks for guidance
along the track. At Darband there is a sarai
where supplies may be occasionally obtained
also a spring of slightly barkish water, but fuel'
and lorage are very scarce.
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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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