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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [188r] (380/739)
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. 166— conclcL
N eh to K hur, vid Chahar Farsafch, fyc.
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
D istances
in miles.
B emabks.
interme
diate.
Total.
7
IvHTJR ...
3,620'.
9q3
151J
Cearing 300° is a snowy range in the far dis
tance. Pass a haoz at IGJ miles. On left,
about 13 miles off, is the Kuh-i-Rambi, showing
up conspicuously as a round top in the range.
There is said to be a spring thereabouts.
Pass a few shepherds' huts at llj- miles.
Country, at 13^ miles, is bare of the usual pasture ;
in its place grow 44 tagh" and 44 ghich " shrubs.
More shepherds' huts. The men are Nakhais.
Road gradually ascending ; come into some broken
ground with mounds and 44 nullahssoil sandy
(14J miles).
Country, at 15| miles, bare, but several flocks of
sheep and goats are to be seen.
Reach the Shur Rud. The stream is now 30 feet
broad and 1 foot deep with a swift current. On
right bank is itamarisjk ; left bank is low ; right
bank varies from 4' to 15'in height. The whola
river-bed is from 40 to 80 yards broad. Animals
drink the water freely, which is now less salt
than usual owing to rain or snow.
One farsakh to east, i.e., upstream, a sweet stream,
called the Gharez Gun is said to flow into the
Eud-i-Shur, or salt river, from north.
At river Shur, 12*0 night, February 3rd. Baro
meter 26*39'', thermometer 30| o . Snow falling.
Pass a hill, J mile to left, at 8f miles. A ridge
runs parallel to road about | mile off to right.
At 14f miles pass a dry river-bed with steep
banks. Breadth of bed, 20 feet. On left of
road is a detached hill. To right is the Kuh-
i-Gurang, about 8 miles off, where is a spring.
At ISf miles cross a depression, J mile broad, in
which are flat-topped clay mounds. The ground
is sparsely covered with 44 tagh " jangle.
On left is a range of mountains some 12 miles off
apparently. A high peak in it bears 190°. The
range ends at 210°. Beyond appears a flat plain
with only a very low ridge between.^ On right
the range ends at 350°. In front is a conspi
cuous hill, bearing 310.° Scanty scrub jungle
here.
Reach Ehur, a large village with a fort, situated in
a hollow. Close by are villages of ^ Naghun and
SaragW; the three together contain 400 houses,
and own 50 yoke of oxen, 5,000 sheen and 200
camels. There are 5 Jcarezes (2 sweet, o brackish).
For further description of Khur, see Gazetteer of
Persia.
4i
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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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