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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [‎86v] (177/739)

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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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118
No. 72.
GlUMISH T a PA AsTRABAtl.
Authority —\ate, D ecembeu 1894.
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
distances
in miles.
:
Remaeks.
luterrae-
diat6.
Total.
'
1
Obaht-Anna
Khan Jafaebai.
13
Road led np the right bank o£ the Gurgan the whole
way, and did not cross the river till this village*
Some way out crossed the bed of what was said to
be a lagoon in former days. Twenty years ago,
the whole country was mostly nnder water and
covered with reeds and swamps full of fish and
fowl. Now these have all dried up, and the
ground is being brought under cultivation, and
men were to be seen ploughing with either a
camel or a pony in all directions. This soath^
west corner of the Yamut country is far the
most thickly populated. ^ Obahs were dotted all
about. The Jafarbais in Persian territory are
said to number 3,000 families. Of these about
500 are Charwas and are located on the right
bank of the Gurgan within a radius of 8 or 10
miles from the river. Of the Chumurs some 50
families are said to have settled at a place lately
left dry by the sea called Tazahabad, about three
farsakhs to the north of Giumish Tapa, but with
that exception all the remainder are either at
Griumish lapa or to the south of it, between the
Gurgan and the sea. The chief Obahs are
Khoja Nafas at the present mouth of the Gurgan
and Bash Wskha at the mouth of the old bed of
that river 5 or 6 miles further south of it. Each of
these places numbers from 600 to 800 families.
None of the Jafarbais extend east of the telegraph
line.
The Jafarbais are large camel, sheep, and cattle
owners. The sheep and wool all go to Russia,
and also some cattle. Camels and also buffaloes
are bought, it is said, by Turks from Azarbaijan
who come here every year to purchase them.
Formerly the river Gurgan found its way to the
sea along what is marked in the map (Sheet No.
84) as the old bed. This was left high and dry,
and some forty years ago the Persians made an
attempt to turn the river back into the old bed
by building a " band " across the stream at the
place where we are now encamped. The site of
i-n then built to guard the dam is
stilly visible. The first flood, however, though
carried the band" away, and no attempts to
turn the river have been made since. The old

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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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