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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [69v] (143/739)
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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84
No. 53— contd.
B andar G az to H erat, fyc.
No.
•
Distances
in miles.
kbmaek8,
of
■tage.
Names of stages.
Interme
diate.
Total,
The following is Napier's 2nd alternative route.
It is, lie savs, the best road from Astrabad to
Shahrud, and that it is always taken by the Persian
Artillery. It was closed for many years by the
Turkomans, but is now as safe as any other.
3
Ci .MP
14
41
Ten miles from Astrabad to camping-ground, in'
forest-covered valley of lower range, over heavy
unsound road, through marshy forest-covered
country. No village. Ample ground for camping,
with good stream.
4.
Tash Robat ...
25
66
Commence easy ascent to Kuzluk pass at 7 miles.
Koad good. Clear pass at 15 miles. At 16 miles
Aliabad (ruins). 2 miles further Robat-i-Safed
caravansarai; at 19^ miles reach Kotal-i-Jiln-
Bilm j road level; mud caravansarai; at 22
miles reach Haft Chashma. Ascend some dis
tance from Kabr-i-Safed to crest of Kotal-i-
Waimamu, whence a quarter farsakh's steep
descent.
6
Shiheud
18
84
See Chalchalian Eoute above. Large town with
extensive bazaars ; 3 or 4 caravansarais, post
and telegraph offices. Supplies plentiful.
Water abundant, but dirty.
6
God-i-Bagh ...
29
113
Road mostly good, over gravel plain. Low hills
between 11th and 21st miles. Easy kotal at 15th
mile. God-i-Bagh a deserted and ruined build'
ing, with a little water in the shaft of an old
' kanat.
7
Biarjumand ...
26
139
Road at first level on gravel plain. At 11 miles,
kotal. Ascent easy, descent steep and rocky. At
17 miles spring. Biarjumand, large village.
Supplies plentiful; water plentiful, from stream.
6
Yazdu
13
152
Road good for pack animals, at first level, then
slightly ascending over slope intersected by small
nullahs. Khan-i-Hudi at QJ miles. Yazdun,
small village at foot of hills. Supplies scarcei
especially barley. Water good and abundant.
0
Zaghdeh
3,460'.
30J
182|
Road at first good over gravel plain. Wells at
13 miles (Chah Khushk) and at 19f miles (Chah
Lao-Kal). At 23 miles cross Kal-i-Mura, salt
stream. At 25 miles enter hilly region. Easy
kotal at 29i miles. Zaghdeh bad halting place.
Water filthy, in a small stagnant pool. No
fuel near.
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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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