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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [68r] (140/739)
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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81
11
No. 53— coaiil.
B andar G az H erat,
No.
D istances
in miles.
E hmaeks,
of
stage.
Names of stages.
Interme
diate.
Total.
4
GuiiUGAH
#
13
56
From Kurd Malialla bend W. and then bear away
W. S. W. to miles, when strike causeway and
follow it to 4f miles, whence take deep muddy
road N. along narrow cleared line in forest.
At 7 miles pass Gaz, a village of 300 houses ;
cross small stream in wide gravelly bed ; at 7§
miles reach Kinara (100 wooden huts). Pa^s
through village of Hasht Tikah (200 houses).
Cross Gulugah stream, dividing Mazandaran and
Astrabad, to village of Gulugah (500 houses).
iVoite.—Eoad from Kinara a mere track, through
forest and marshy rice lands. The road passing
from Naukhandan vih Hasht Tikah is a little
shorter, but is said to be even woi'se.
5
R adkan
12
68
Road steep and bad, considered impassable for
laden beasts after melting of snow or in
rainy weather. Long ascent of 5 miles to crest
of forest covered spur, when 3 miles of descent.
Passing hamlet of Bagh-i*Kulla (8 houses) at 8
miles reach Radkan village on hill-side above
Asp-o-Kaza stream.
6
Asp-o-Naza ...
8
76
Steep descent from Eadkan to stream (Nikahi).
At 2 miles pass Mil-i-Radkan, a masonry town.
At 3 miles road from Chasma-i-Ali strikes in
from right at gorge of Sawar glen. Follow
valley in a -S. E. direction by good road. Nearest
village is Hajiabad, 2 miles off. Camping-
ground open and suitable for a large camp. Sum
mits of mountains 2,000' to 3,000' high, flat and
open.
7
/
Shah Kuh Pain
13J
89J
At \ mile enter narrow defile of Asp-o-Naza over
hung by high cliffs. Road then winds through
narrow gorge of Tang-i-Sudian, about 80 yarda
wide closed in by stupendous cliffs. At 2i miles
defile widens. At 7 miles small glen opens left f
up which, lies road to Hajiabad, small village on
plateau; thence, for 1 mile, road, which keeps
by stream, is rough and stony. At 8^ miles
narrow pass J mile in length, at one point con
tracted to 50 yards. At 9| miles, hamlet and
mill of Burzundai. Thence through defile,
narrow and tortuous road, fairly good and pass
able for wheels. At Hi miles reach Doab-i-Bur-
zandai, where a road joins in from Shah-Kuli
Bala, said to he shorter but more difficult than
the one anet with further down the glen. At
12J miles path from Chahardeh, taken at times
by Persian infantry and cavalry. (See Napier's
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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).
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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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