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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [163r] (330/739)
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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271
No. U5— contd.
Ma shad to Sarakhs, via Kaichidar, 8fc t
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
D istances
IN MILES.
Inter
mediate
Total.
Mazdaean
16
55
Road to Kaichidar perfectly easy by either bank.
No difficulty for either road or railway. Fuel
obtainable all along the river in moderate quan
tities from tamarisk bushes. In wet weather
present route would be heavy. The Kashaf Eud
merely a deep narrow ditch in most places, with
frequent fords; bottom very treacherous. Be
sides supplies as abovementioned, there are melons,
peas, and other vegetables procurable in autumn.
Kaichidar has sixty families and twenty ploughs.
At 1 farsakh passed Ismailabad ; twenty-five
families and twelve ploughs. Water from Ka
shaf Rud. Supplies as above. Route along high
ground near stream. At about 5 miles crossed
Kashaf Rud at Robat-i-Mahi (deserted). Hence
Mazdaran and Ak Darband routes diverge.
Stages by latter as follows :—
1. Robat-i-Mahi to Baghbaghu
2. Baghbaghu to Ak Darbaud
8. Ak Darband to Shurja i
4. Shurja to Pas Kamar •
6. Pas Kamar to PuH-Khatun •
2 farsakhs.
3 do. (mined Eo«
bat).
8 do. Cross Ak-
Darband pass.
2 or 3 farsakhs (partly
along left and partly
by right bank).
1 farsakh ; perfectly
easy road.
Total to Pul-i-Khatun , 11 farsakhs.
Direct route along bank of river to Shurja cannot
be used owing to boulders and jungle, but it is
said that there are no other difficulties, and that a
good road could be easily constructed. The Ak
Darband is the easiest route to Masbad from
Pul-i-Khatun, but possibly river route might be
preferred, if properly cleared, as it is perfectly
level, and near water the whole way. If not
liable to floods, a railway will probably be brought
by this route by the Russians to Mashad.
From Robat-i-Mahi (2,358 feet), road to Mazdaran
gradually ascends over rolling ground to point
where, at 4 miles, a bend of river almost touches
road. In hot weather this would not be a bad
place to halt at, as there are trees and shade, and
no more water is met with during the rest of
stage. Hence road steadily ascends to the plateau
on which is the village of Mazdaran, at foot of
pass (3,000' by aneroid); 16 families in village ;
5 ploughs and'fine spring of water ; good site for
summer camp for small force, and large force
could be encamped on summit of hill and
neighbouring ridges. There would be no great
difficulties in making a rail road over pass;
springs of water at base of range on Mashad side 4
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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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