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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [123v] (251/739)
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. \<d§~~contd.
K ash an to T ehran, via Pasangan and ManzariaJi.
No.
of
Btage.
D istances
in" miles.
Hemieks.
Names of stages.
Interme
diate.
Total.
Througli bazaars, cross rivet by excellent stone
bridge, and halt on left bank at the Road Com
pany's rest-house. Bazaars very well stocked,-
and thronged with traders.
4
Manzartah oe
Lasgied.
2,944'.
15
67h
Kept to the English road the whole march. At J
mile passed toll-bar, with a charge of 3d. per beast.
The country is absolutely barren, with slight un
dulations ; tea houses at 3 and 6 miles. At 3|
and 10| miles salt streams are crossed, and at
11J miles the river is spanned by a seven-arched
brick bridge, called Pul-i-Sahib; at 124 miles,
Hajiabad to the west and Aliabad an equal dis
tance to the east. At 13 miles yet another salt
stream is crossed, and sight Husenabad to west,,
then steadily ascend to halting: place. Magni
ficent sarai and post-house: supplies in abun
dance, but very dear, there being a monopoly
held by the head of the sarai, which is easily en^
forced by the dearth of neighbouring villages^
6
Altabad
3,497'
(Level of Lake
2 487'.)
Watershed
3,594'.
✓
16J
84
Eoad at first ascends slightly and then descends to'
Pakirabad, a small sarai with a nice stream of
water. The English road keeps some 3 or 4
miles from the new lake, but the pack-road, the one'
followed, hugs it.' At 5 miles reached edge of
lake, skirting it until 12J miles, when we again
gradually ascend. At 13 miles, Jodash, a spring,
with Kashki Nasrat, some 2 miles to the' west oa ;
main road. At 14^ miles enter low hills, rejoin
ing English road on watershed at 15 miles.
From this point of vantage we had a magnificent
view of Kavir, stretching to the south-east: also
passed several nomad encampments in this district.
A slight descent of 1| miles to Aliabad, where-
is a guest house, sarai and post-house; supplies
as at Manzeria. Route by main road is, perhaps,
2 miles longer j the lake is annually decreasing ii*
size.
6
Hasanaead ...
3,157'.
26£
110i
Road ascends at first through low hills, reaching
a low watershed' at 4| miles. At 6 miles a
stream of splendid water is crossed, and at 7
miles, a slightly higher watershed.* From here
first glimpse of the Damavand. After this, a long,
descent to Kala Mahomed Ali Khan, and sarai,
* 4,473',
y
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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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