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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [‎123r] (250/739)

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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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No. 103.
K ashan to T ehran, via Pasangati and Manzariah.
Authority —(U nknown), M ay 1894.
No.
D istances
in miles.

of
stage.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
E emaeks.
1
slnstn
2,815'.
18J

The amount of traffic on this section of the road
was most noticeable. At miles Saliabad, to
west of road, and Ghiasabad to east of road ; at 2J
miles Sadrabad, to east of road, Bahramabad and
Hissiabad to west of road. Passed at this point
a haoz of sweet water. At 4 miles another haoz
of sweet water, with the village of Niassa under
the hills, and Naoshabad, some distance to the
east. "From 6 to 9 miles the following villages:
Eavand, Bezlun, and Tarabad to west of road, with
Aliabad to east of road, and at 9 miles the sarai
and village of Nasrabad; at 11^ miles the new
sarai and village of Kasimabad, and at miles
the villages of Muhammadabad and Mishkan to
west of road ; at 17 miles the villages of Askuh
and Hibaba, and at 18 miles the sarai of Sinsin,
filthiest of its kind. The last six miles of the
road are " shur," and consequently very treacher
ous m wet weather. JVIet some wagons convey -
ing the Xawam's property to Shiraz.
2
Pasangast
2,973'.
20
381
On our east when starting, we saw village of Takia-
bad, and further on Mazrikuh. Eoad gradually
ascends, passing sarai and village of Deh Anar at
4| miles, then enter low hills, reaching a second
sarai, called Bagh-i-Shah, at 6|- miles; at 8^
miles cross the Godar Gunbad Nimar (the pass-
of-the-viewing-of-the-dome). From this point
the sacred dome of Kum is visible in clear wea
ther. Close by, to west, is the Mazri Deh Nadri.
Then descend alongside a Icanat to sarai of
Shurab, water of which is excellent; thence a
howling and stony desert to end of the march,
with Deh Husenabad to the east of road at 13
miles and Khatunabad also to the east at 17 miles.
At 20 miles filthy stage of Pasangan, the village
being some distance to west. Water indifferent.
A little grazing for camels, a great rarity in this
part of the country.
3
kum
3,185'.
14
52|
At 6^ miles large village and sarai of Langrun,
while to the west Kohuk and Selum. At 7|-
miles cross a jcanat, having decended to this
point: afterwards rise again and approach the
town. At 10 miles a garden and well is passed
and Mazri Imam J&na, some 3 miles to west;
thence numerous Jcanais up to entrance of town,

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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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