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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [‎96r] (196/739)

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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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137
18
No. ll—concld.
Ispahan to Hamadan, vid Burujird and KhushahacL
D istances
No.
Names of stages.
ik miles.
of
stage.
Interme
diate.
Total.
baaufiki.
12

Zaminabad ...
25
246
Gradual descent, mounds of shale ; at 4 miles village
of Khusrabad in small valley on stream ; at 0
miles large village of Kalilabad, much corn col
lected for threshing, wide valley, marshy in
places ; at 9 miles cross river by substantial brick
bridge of four arches ,• at 11 miles village of Pir
Mashal, beyond which a barren plain; gentle
ascent; at 20 miles cross low ridge and enter grassy
valley ; at 25 miles village of Zaminabad in
narrow valley, on small stream.
13
Hamadan
24
270
Across undulating country, hills on all sides ; at
6 miles cross a spur of the Alwand range (pro
bably 8,000' above sea-level) afterward a
descend down valley of small stream, road rocky,
several villages, large groves of willow and pop
lar ; at 13 miles Aliabad; at 15 miles Jalpahan ;
several small masonry bridges, road very stony ;
at 24 miles city of Hamadan. See Index.
GENERAL REMARKS.
Up to Dumbina, presents no difficulties, being nearly level and across open country ;
beyond Dumbina and up to Chaman-i-Sultan, it crosses a hilly tract, but could be traversed
by wheeled carriages ; bullock-carts were seen in use about Chahil Khuni, west of Dumbina :
from Aligudar the route taken through the Tang-i-Darband is in that part rough and stony,
and crosses and recrosses the stream several times ; from Darband to Burujird the country
is again open and presents no difficulties. Between Burujird and Hamadan the road is
hilly, but the only difficult part lies about the villages of Jalpahan and Aliabad, where it is
rough and .stony, but could no doubt be made practicable for wheels.
Up to Dumbina, villages are common and corn fairly abundant; from Dumbina to
Aligudar the country is hilly, but the valleys appear very fertile, and a considerable amount
of corn is grown along the course of the many streams, by which that tract is watered. Ali
gudar itself lies in a large and rich valley, with many villages to the south and south-west,
and much cultivation. Darband, at the west outlet of the defile of that name, has a large
area of corn land ; from thence to Burujird the road lies down a rich valley with many vil
lages and much cultivation ; between Burujird and Hamadan villages are numerous, and the
valley, m which Kalilabadis situated, appears to grow a very large amount of fine corn. Fire
wood is everywhere scarce, the hills yielding a scanty supply of brushwood. "Kah," the
broken stalk of the corn, is the common fodder for horses 5 coarse grass grows in parts and U
plentiful in the valley of Burujird.
Water is met with throughout in streams, springs and Tcanats. Horses, ponies, mules
and donkeys are found in all the villages, but nowhere in large numbers ; pack bullocks were
noticed in use about Burujird j in that city no doubt a considerable number of transport
animals might be collected.

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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)
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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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