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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [54v] (113/739)
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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R oute N o. f
vfn-
No.
/
D istances.
of
Stage,
Names of stages
Inter
mediate.
Total.
E emakks.
Miles.
Miles.
1
Madeli
14
14
Good level road the wliole way. An old
Karez, about J mile from the ruined
fort, requires but little digging to
produce a strong flow of good water.
Madeh was deserted about 12 years ago
but if, as seems possible, the place
could be again brought under cultiva-
tion. it could not only support
but/supply the next stagej could alscO 1
Sandawa.
Camel-grazing and firewood abound near
the fort.
2
Safidawa ,, t
15
29
The road runs in a south easteidy direc
tion over a level plain, dotted with
tamarisk trees, except close to Safidawa,
where it enters a bare, rugg'ed, narrow
valley. Safidawa is the name of a small
spring of brackish but drinkable water.
Firewood and camel-grazing is obtain
able, but no supplies.
From here the best route to the Shela
river is via Poghi and Sangar-i-Mir
Alam Khan; but no water exists at
either of these places. It is therefore
advisable 'o make a stage at Chungi
Shor (called by Persians Gurg-i-Takht)
between those two places.
3
\
Chungi Shor (Gurs^-
i-Takht.)
28
57
The road avoids the irregular broken
Ground which lies at the foot of the
slopes of the Palang Koh, and runs
over a level plain. At 19 miles is
Poghi, where there is neither water nor
firewood. At Chungi Shor there are
both. An experimental well is under
construction.
4
Gali -Chali
.
26
83
A level road crosses the open plain and the
Hamun. When the latter is in flood,
the journey may be broken on its banks
and a detour made next day. When
not in flood the direct road leads
south-east cross the sandy bed of the
Hamun. At Gah Chah are some dis
used wells, the water of which is said
to be good. These are now being
reopened and made ready for use.
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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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