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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [176r] (356/739)
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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297
88
No. 153—
MaziNAN to Nishabur, via Jagat
No.
of
fitage.
/
Distances
in miles.
Names of stages.
Interme
diate.
Total.
Esmabks.
4J miles, enter pass, narrow defile, enclosed by
low hills of easy slope everywhere accessible,
upper part for half a mile narrow and tortuous,
with one short steep pitch of ]50 yards, whicli
would be difficult for guns. At 8| miles, emerge
on open plateau, extending for 12 to 15 miles
west, north and east; cross this to Farumed, 17i
miles. Road perfectly level and good. Large
village of 400 houses. Ample water and sup
plies.
2
JAGATAt ...
30|
48
From village, north, across plain, undulating easily,
at 4J miles reach small stream of water, flowing
to Farumed, and enter narrow defile. Hills low,
easy slope, crests formed of ledges of trap. At 5^
miles defile opens out to half a milej stream twists,
and is crossed frequently. At 5f miles, very
marked conical trap peak bearing north, 18°
east. At miles, bearing north, 5° west; peak
of main ridge, said to be visible from all parts of
Juwain valley. At 9 miles reach village Manida
watered by good stream, 20 houses, scanty sup
plies. Up glen is foot path to Jagatai. Thence
leave defile and turn across main ridge up easy
ascent. Height above village 600 feet. At 10
miles, reach crest of ridge, and descend steep,
rocky, and narrow path, not difficult for horses
and mules, and practicable for camels, into a
narrow defile commanded by inaccessible rocky
heights. At 11J miles, leave defile and bend
south on narrow path, over easy slopes of clay«
and marls, crossing a few ravines with steep sides.
These may be avoided by path continuing down
defile and skirting through plain, adding 2 or 3
miles to march. At 19 miles, reach village
Kuhsar. Water and supplies scanty. At 24f
miles, pass village of Dish Kian. Water and
supplies. At 29|, pass through village of Gaf,
and at 30| turn north-east down ravine to town
of Jagatai, Ample water and supplies, with
good camping-ground.
3
K amaistan
J
18
66
From Jagatai across-level uncultivated plain for 18
miles, crossing several small streams of water; to
left, a line of villages, 3 or 4 miles distant; princi
pal, Samghan, Illarabad, Ak Kala, Shaharistanak
and extensive ruins of Karimabad to Kamaistan
small village of few houses, with good crops of
wheat and barley. Water scanty.
Note. —Village of Nika, 5 miles farther, large,
better supplied, and with ample water.
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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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