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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [191v] (387/739)
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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328
No. 170—
Pesh Robat to Sauakhs, via Zorabad, Vul-i-Khatun and Naorozahad.
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
Distances
in miles.
Interme
diate.
Total.
KBMABXS.
Sarakhs it passes very gentle sloping and
perfectly smooth surface. In former ti nes the
road from Sarakhs to Pul-i-Khatnn lay through
Daolatabad and Shnrja, standing away from
the river, and over a difficult ground. This was
considered the safer way, but since the country
has been pacified that route has been abandoned.
This route is very important, as it would probably
be used by an army marching from Shahrud to
Khorasan. It lies on an average about 25 miles
north of the post road.
Pul-i-Khatun signifies woman's bridge. The four
arches of the bridge still exist. The central
and fifth arch was, however, destroyed by Mehdli
Khan during his expedition to Merv. The total
length of the bridge is 25 fathoms; the Kara-
Su (Kashaf-Rud) joins the Hari-Rud near the
bridge. The breadth of the river at that part is
about six fathoms, the depth is very inconsider
able, the water not being higher than a horse's
knees, yet the ford is very inconvenient owing
to the big stones in the bed of the river.
en^s
The foregoing route should be studied with the aid of Condie Steph
excellent map of the Hari-Rud Valley. From this it would appear that the
stages and distances are as follows from Pesh Robat
kala kaxsan®
JAM RIVEB
E ntrance or
Y aki T ut P ass
Zoeabad m
10
Direction due N. along valley of Hari-Rud, and
about f of a mile west of river : much of ground
is swampy, but in parts there is good pas
turage ; Kala Kalsang in ruins.
12
22
Here 2 or 3 miles above its junction with Hari-
Rud is open ground suitable for camp and good
grazing. This would probably be first halt for
troops.
14
,
36
North-west along foot of hills, where road enters
mountains. There is a small encamping-ground
of 200 or 300 acres with spring and good forage.
From this point two roads diverge, one through
IstoiPass; the other through the Yaki Tut.
Former is from 10 to 60 yards wide, and is im
practicable for wheels. The Yaki Tut is a mere
raiding route.
36
\
72
For first 3 miles ascent is easy. After that it
becomes steeper, while defile narrows. Summit
(4,466 f ) is reached at 9 miles. Road then des
cends 2,000' in next 8 miles, and then goes for
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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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