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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [51v] (107/739)
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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No. bo~~conid a
B irjand to M ishad, vid Kain and Turhat- i-Haiclari.
No.
of
sta^e.
Names of stages.
D istances
usr miles.
Interme
diate
Total.
11
Abdulabad
3,325'.
12
Tubeat-i-Haid-
a ei.
4,400'.
30
32
214
246
Eemaeks.
storms ra^e here from sunrise to sunset. The
neighbouring country suffered terribly from the
last great famine.
Route north-east. Immediately on leaving Yunsi,
cross the Rud-i-Kavir, a thin stream Mowing west,'
and forming the boundary between the Tabas
and Turbat-i-Haidari districts, by a brick bridge
of nine pointed arches. Road then crosses a desert
stony plain, skirting the great salt desert of
Khorasan for 13 miles, as far as Miandeh, a
collection of about 80 huts. There is a large
abamhar near the village, whicli is in the desert,
and. almost bare of vegetation. The village
derives its name from its position, midway be
tween ^ Mashad and Tabas. Beyond this the
interminable expanse of sandy, stony desert again
1I ^r> 1 ^ eneS ' ^ about 2oth mile pass the ruins
or Faizabad, and 2 miles further, passing bv fruit
gardens and corn-fields, the modern village of
same name, a compact place sunk below the level
or the ground, and surrounded by a deep ditch.
Three miles beyond reach Abdulabad, one of a
i ? Ur villa S es > which goes by the name
r* T t' the other three being Faizabad,
Dughabad and Mihna, with numerous small
villages as dependencies. Abdulabad is a
nourishing town of 500 houses. There is a strong
castle here surrounded by a ditch ; plentiful cul
tivation and gardens • water abundant from a fine
karez stream. This place is renowned for its
gardens and fruit, and, above all, for its silk.
Route north-east. Ascend gradually for first 10
miles over a wide, upland pasture plain inter-
sected by three or four shallow water-runs,
passing villages of Dughabad and Satanidsht.
t -n j i en ' a low ran » e of marl an(i clay
Mils, and after passing the caravansarai of Robat-
^ e A e f Se A ted . villa ^ es of Zirabad
Ahabad and (at l^th mile) a karez stream; clear
wiL W mil ^and emerge on the
vi t i T 0 I T ^ at - ./ rhen P ass a accession of
^ ? miIe * From th[s P oint the
^ ad P^ es through miles of flourishing gardens
5 watered by clear running
stieams, till it reaches the town of Turbat-i-
rlaidan, the houses of which are almost hidden
by dense masses of foliage.
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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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