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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [50v] (105/739)
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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50
No. 35— conid.
Birjand to Mashad, via Kain and Turhal-i-Ilaidari,
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
D istawces
in" miles.
E emahes.
Interme
diate.
Total.
6
ZlBAD
15
131
than Dasht-i-Piaz. Snow lies on this tract for
two months, and in mid-winter route is closed
for three or four weeks. Proceeding by a gradual
rise up stony bed of a ravine, reached at 9th mile,
the Gudar-i-Darakht-i-Binar, 1,200' above the
village of Biaz. It forms the boundary between
'provinces of Kain and Tun-o-Tabas. Descent by
a narrow footpath, in wet weather impassable for
camels, and would require metalling for guns.
The easy and short route is direct across the
Gunabad plain. At about 12th mile pass a road
side ahamhar, and at 13th or 14th mile, the
village of Kalat-i-Mulla, situated on the north
skirt of these hills, is reached, where there is a
spring of water, and 1 mile further, the road
finally clears the hills and emerges on the exten
sive plain of Gunabad. Camp north of village
of Kakh. There are eight or ten other villages
in the Gunabad valley, which is a wide expanse
of pasture land running from north-west to
south-east.
Town cf ITakh is situated immediately nnder the
range of lofty hills, bounding the valley of
Gunabad to the south and west, which, accord
ing to local report, are rich in minerals. The
population, in 1872, consisted of some 500 fami
lies, but it had suffered greatly from the famine
of the preceding year. Its water-supply, from
4 Jcanats and 50 natural springs, is excellent;
and the quantity of opium is very considerable.
There is a famous imamzada, and, of course,
plenty of Mullas and Sayads ; also a madrasa
and two masjids. Two ancient citadels, con
structed one within the other, form another re
markable feature in the town. They are built
on an elevation with high walls and flanking
towers, are connected by a drawbridge, and have
each their independent water-supply. The
outer of these forts is still kept in an efficient
state, and has a small garrison. The principal
manufactures of the town are iron, agricultural
implements, for which there are as many as 40
iron-workers shops, and a kind of silk embrox*"
dery called " Kashidah."
Route north-west under shadow of hills to south.
Cross, about midway, a small stream in deep
ravine, and village of Kalat, of some 120 houses,
with gardens and cultivation. Numerous other
villages with cultivation lie amongst the hills.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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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