Skip to item: of 739
Information about this record Back to top
Open in Universal viewer
Open in Mirador IIIF viewer

'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [‎126r] (256/739)

This item is part of

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. .

Transcription

This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.

Apply page layout

197
No. 106—
R ui- K haf to B irjand, via Sangun and ShahraJcs.
No.
D istaitoes
in miles.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
Interme
diate.
Total.
K emabks.
6
D isg ...
22
100
For 11 miles over a plain with some steep sand
hills. At 13 miles reach the village of Ahingaran,
at the foot of the pass. On the road up is a
ruined fort known as the Kala Dukhtar. The
mountain over which the road runs is a part of
the range known further north as Khwaja Shahz.
Disg is a miserable village. From it a road leads
across the hills to the Maruk pass, but that route,
though shorter, is worse than this.
1
N akab
22
122
At 1 mile pass the hamlet of Gumeh, at 12
Badamistan, at 18J a spring of good water known
as Chah-i-Mulla. Nakab is a small hamlet
among fields.
8
S AR- I -C HAH ...
20
142
Over a plain for 7^ miles; there cross the broad
bed of the Fuk-Rud, which is dry in dry weather.
M 11 miles pass through Gask, Sar-i-Chah vil
lage has a strong fort, elevation 6,700'. The
whole road on this stage is at an elevation of
over 5,400'.
9
M ARIK
11
153
At 7| miles pass the hamlet of Rahnish, at 8
Dastgird; then over a steep hill to Marik, a poor
little village. The road ascends and descends a
good deal the whole way, and is not good but
passable for guns with a little making.
10
B irjand
11
164
Across a plain to Birjand. There is a shorter route
by leaving the last stage at Dastgird, but the
main road appears to run through Marak.
No. 107.
R ui- K haf to G hukian, via, Karat,
A utkority — S tewart.
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
D istances
ik miles,
Inter
mediate.
Total.
1
K arat #m
3,500.'
22
22
Road leads over a plain for 11 miles, when au
open pass in the Bakharz hills is reached. This
pass is called Dahna Shishab^ The road then

About this item

Content

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.

Extent and format
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.

Written in
English in Latin script
View the complete information for this record

Use and share this item

Share this item
Cite this item in your research

'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [‎126r] (256/739), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F111/371, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024054421.0x000037> [accessed 29 March 2024]

Link to this item
Embed this item

Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.

<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100024054421.0x000037">'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [&lrm;126r] (256/739)</a>
<a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100024054421.0x000037">
	<img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000001491.0x000114/Mss Eur F111_371_0254.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
IIIF details

This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000001491.0x000114/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images

Use and reuse
Download this image