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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [‎192v] (389/739)

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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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330
No. 170— contd.
Pesh Robat to Sauakhs, vid Zofahad,Vd-i-Khatun
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
D istancks
in miles,
Interme
diate.
Total.
E bmabks,
is flatter thf\n on the right, there being a tract
of open fertile land near the river, burther
on, the stream winds westward round the foot
of'a high range till it reaches Pul-i-Khatun,
whence, after running eastward for a few miles,
it again flows northward in a widening valley
to Sarakhs. Between Kuhsan and Naorozabad
(18 miles south of Sarakhs) the country on botli
sides of the stream is uninhabited, except at
Wo spots, Muhsinabad and Zorabad. Portions
of the valley abound in natural pasturage, and
the land near the banks between Toman 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. Agha
and Tangi Daria, and between _ Pul-i-Khatun
and Sarakhs, mighl easily be irrigated. Rain
fall said to be small. Usual rainy seasons are
November, April, and beginning of May. River
water wholesome, but somewhat muddy in winter
and spring.
Country roads. —At present the best route from
Kuhsan to Sarakhs is vid Karez, Turbat-i-Shekh-
Jam, Lankar and the Pesh Kamar pass. In the
summer of 1882, the Governor-General of Khora-
san travelled from Sarakhs to Turbat by this
route in a caleche. The whole length of this
road is about 163 miles, that is to say, ] 8 miles
longer than the Khumbao and Kizil Bulak
route. Small supplies are obtainable at the three
inhabited spots mentioned above. In ^ summer
time the best road from Zorabad to Pul*i-Khatun
is by the Sehamad-din (?) ford. The river is
re-crossed a few miles south of the Garmab pass.
Between Turbat and the river there are three
passes in the Jam range, viz., Beni Tak, Stoi,
and Yaki Tut. Of these the Stoi route, though
a mere pathway, is the best To the east of
the Hari-Rud, eight separate roads and path-
ways cross the Siah Babak range (Barkhut moun
tains) enumerated from the river. Eastward
they are as follows (Mialsheni, Karangan,
Khumbao (Sang Nevesht), Osiabad, Aomesar
Chashma Sabz, Valad, and Chahar Velang. The
Khumbao pass is the easiest. According to
information supplied by the guide who accom
panied M. Lessar along that route, it is even in its
present condition available for light carts. 1 he
first four of the above-named routes converge at
Karez Elias, where there is a plentiful supply of
good water. An easy road leads from Karez
Elias to Zurabad vid the Kulfakar ford.
Gradients. — The gradients in the Stoi pass and
in the pass leading from ZoraVad to Garmab

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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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