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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [61v] (127/739)
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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68
No. 40.
Bujnurd to Karakala, vid Uzun T)ara %
Authority —Napier.
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
Bashkala
Sarikamism
D istances
in miles.
Intermc- Tn i. al
diate. lotal -
23^
23 j
47j
Ebmaees.
Bear north-east from Bujnurd across level plain t
reaching at 4th mile foot of ridge enclosing
plain to W. At 6th mile, ascending easy spur,
pass village Langar, 1 mile right. At 9th mile
reach crest of ridge. Road narrow and winding,
but keeping to spur of easy slope and soft surface.
Total ascent about 1,500'. Thence descend into
glen leading down to plain of Mana, At 11J miles
reach hamlet Gudari; descent abont 1,600 ! ; path
rough and stony. At 12th mile, still descend
ing glen, pass Karakanlu, at ]2| miles Yangi-
Kala, at 12| Chirik, at 13J Kalata. Kirik, f
mile left. Large village, Sari wan, 1 mile right.
At 18th mile, following course of stream, reach
Kaikanlu. Total descent about 3,700'; road
throughout bad bridle path. From Sari wan a
path following a better line crosses the same
ridge at a lower point near village-Badranlu.
From Kaikanlu cross level cultivated plain to
Peshkala at 23| miles.
From Bashkala bear W. N. W. towards Atrak, and
passing over cultivated ground and narrow paths
in dense cane-brakes, at 2^ miles reach river bank.
Cross by ford, girth deep, with swift current,
marked only by break on either bank. A better
ford exists 1 mile up stream ; but both shift occa
sionally, and, from constant turbid state of water
and treacherous bottom, cannot be safely tried
without a guide. From ford, N. towards high
ridge, passing through cane-brakes and over
nntilled level land. At 4^ miles reach hillskirt.
Bear N. W. over hillskirts undulating gently, and
clothed with thin herbage and clumps of dwarf
juniper. Soil marly. At 9|- miles cross small
stream Kilch-Kamish flowing to Atrak. At 10|
miles enter nearly dry bed of stream, and tnrn N.
up its course. At 14th mile reach crest of Kash-
gai ridge, ascent from river 1,500', easy through
out, heights on either hand accessible to cavalry.
Descend from ridge into wide valley drained by
Gogul thai brook. At 16^ miles after easy
descent of 700' to 800', cross Gogul Chai, x.,
deep and muddy, with dense cane-brakes
knee-
on
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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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