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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [‎146r] (296/739)

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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, 130-—coraW.
L a sn to B ibjand, vi Sj Bitrnh,
No.
D istances
in miles.
of
stage.
1
Names of stages.
Intermc*
diate.
Total.
B buabes.

beyond turned out of the ravine by a path going
north-west along the skirt of the Majok hills,
and in 40^ minutes from Gazgah, and 1 hour
and 25 minutes from the watershed ^ap, came to
Garawaz, a small spring. Hence the path des
cends to the dry bed ot the Rud-i-Mil, a wide
shallow water-run. Proceeded up its course for
some miles ; then, crossing a low ridge on left,
halted in a. little hollow. Proceeded again north
west and in 32 minutes entered a circular basin
through a jery rough and stony gap. Crossed
this basin in half an hour, and entered a similar,
but wider, one through another stony gap.
Beyond the second basin descended by a deep
ravine, and came to a spring issuing from a rock.
It is situated in a narrow gorge. Pollowed the
course of the stream for a little way; then turn
ing sharp to left, passed a water-mill, went over
some rough ground, and in 20 minutes from the
spring reached Duruh, a flourishing village of
300 houses.
7
H tjsenabad
27
141
Route west by north across the Duruh valley,
which runs from north to south in a great sheet
of pasture land. In 4 hours, on rounding the
end of a low spur, came to Chah-i-Bannah," the
Pistachio Tree Well," at the entrance to a defile
in the hills. Water excellent.
Proceeded up the defile along the course of the dry
torrent, and in 45 minutes reached the Gudar-i-
Mishan pass, the watershed between the Duruh
and Husenabad valleys. The ascent is winding,
but not steep until just at the pass (4,900'). Path
is mostly along the bed of a narrow ravine, and
would require some preparation for the passage
of guns. The descent is by an easy path to the
wide plateau of Husenabad, where is a neat little
square fort with a bastion at each angle. Some
cultivation. Large herds and flocks in valley.
About 200 huts, and close by them a Jcarez of
briny water.
* 8
B aebisha
29
170
Route north-west over an open extensive plateau
covered with excellent pasture, on which were
some lliat camps and large flocks of gcats and
sheep. In 3 hours and 45 minutes entered a
wide gully coming down from the hills to the
west, and passing some low heights on either
sidej in 10 minutes more arrived at Ab-i-Gunda
Kuh. Here is good water near the ruins of a
former post-house.

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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.

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.

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