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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [89v] (183/739)
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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124
No. H§~~contd,
Hamadan to Zindjan, vid Kalajuhh and Khoidar Paiglamhaf,
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
Distances
in miles.
Bbmaeks.
Interme
diate.
Total.
j
6
KlTTTEAMDlBEi.
6,405'.
1
23
117
is a village. Wheat about here very poor. From
the ravine road gradually rises again. Long
valley stretching left.
4} Reach top of hills, at foot of these 2|
mil^s right, village Torpakhla.
Several small ranges of hills, 4 miles
right village lochia; J mile right village Awa»
3 miles left front at foot of group of hills village
Kirchal; 2 miles further on in the same direction
on side of hill village Pusht-i-wan.
6 Cross stream.
6'J ^(W5.~Village Hissar. Hills to left front
bend forward closer and closer to road. Last one
in the range is Paighambar; large valley to
right with several villages in it.
7J Rising over hills, see end of Paighambar
and village of Khoidar Paighambar at foot of ih
Near the villages are two springs of good water.
Start in direction 12°, across large valley. Left
rear are rocky hills, of which Paighambar is tlie
last. Running parallel to road and to left of it,
is a river which flows through village from the
springs. On both banks of this for about 1 mile
are vineyards and a few trees. In front on the
far side of the valley is a range of mountains
which winds round eastward. To left low hills,
road broad and good.
1 hour. —Pathway joins here from village Zaoja,
i mile left, about 30 huts and a group of trees.
1% hours. — Reach a swamp not very bad atpment^
but would be so in wet weather. It is crossed by
an earth hand, which, if metalled, would do for
carts. Three miles left, large group of trees. Herd
of 60 camels grazing near here.
2 hours % —Reach village Mezwan, about 60 houses
and a few trees. We pass to right of village and
cross two small canals and river flowing west;
follow course of river for about 200 yards and
then turn north again. Cultivation is wheat,
melons and lucerne grass.
hours. —Cross small stream. Several small
villages and groups of trees dotted about in valley
to left .
5f Cross dry river-bed.
5J hours . Village Bulam Haji. Cf. Route No. 74,
stage 5 ; hills on right close in and meet road. 300
yards beyond is village Sarush. Road then
passes over almost the last of the left spurs and
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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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