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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [79v] (163/739)
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. 70— could.
G hurian to K auman, via Yazdan, tyc.
No.
of
•tag*.
D ibtancbs
in miles.
NameB of stages.
Interme
diate.
Total.
B euases.
full of leeches. The place is greatly nsed by
shepherds and their families, though at present
there are none here.
2
Nainawak wells
14
as
Road good the whole way and passable for guns.
At about 4 miles the small spring of Gervand,
flowing from the foot of the aonspicuous hill of
that name, is passed. Nainawak is a little way out
in the dasht after leaving the hills. There are
three wells giving a large supply of very fairly
good water here ; there should be enough water
for a brigade. There is plenty of firewood among
the nalas not far from camp. No cultivation or
supplies, the place being only used by Maldars.
3
Yazdan
2,313'.
18
56
The road over open dasht all the way. This is
the first spot inhabited by Persians. It consists
of a mud fort kept in fairly good repair and a
moderate amount of cultivation. There is ample
water-supply from a large harez* A moderate
amount o£ supplies can generally be got here,
though if a large quantity were required they
would have to be brought from Shahraks and the
cultivated ground beneath the Ahingaran hills to
the west.
A number of Ghurianis living here with Persians.
There were a number of Sabzawari and Baluchi
Maldars with their flocks here.
There is a scarcity of firewood at Yazdan itself,
though there is an ample supply a couple of miles,
away in any direction.
4
Shobab
2,430'.
25
81
Road is a very well marked
kafila
A train of travellers; a caravan; or any large party of travellers.
tract, running
s o"th-south-west orer gravelly daslit all the way.
At 6 miles pass Kabuda with salt spring, and
small patch of cultivation. Horses will just
drink the water, but it is very nasty.
Road here gradually and obliquely approaching
high range of hills which runs north-west and
south-east to the south of Shahraks, the nearest
point of the range, Kuh Safed, being about 36
miles south-west of Kabuda.
From Kabuda road goes on at first over level
and afterwards over slightly undulating ground
among low gravel hills till Shorab.
Five wells here situated in a small valley amon"
gravel hills; water is about 4 feet below the sur -
face and is plentiful. Very slightly salt and
quite drinkable. Plenty of room for a large
camp, but very little firewood in immediate
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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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