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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [193v] (391/739)
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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I
332
No-172.
Rasht to Amul.
Authority —Holmes ; Fraser.
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
D istances
m miles.
Interme
diate.
Rashtabad
20
Total.
Rbmaeks.
Lahijan
12
Ford the river Mun^udih, and commence march
on a tolerably good piece of road, the regular
caravan route to Mazandaran. This by degrees
became worse and worse, and, with the exception
of a dry bit here and there, proved little
better than that to Pir-i-Bazar. After about a
farsakh and a half through a swampy forest, with
a thick underwood of brambles, alders, and a
variety of climbing plants, crossed a small rivu
let called the Nura, some 5 yards broad, and
now only a few inches deep. It has not the
appearance of ever becoming a large stream, though,
close to ford, it has a high bridge of one arch
which however did not seem to be much used,
being overgrown with rank vegetation. A far
sakh farther, village of Kuch-i-Isfaban. Con
tinuing onwards over a slightly improved path,
arrived on the banks of the Safed End. River
at this season is never very large, and, owing to
the late dry weather, was not so full as usual.
Still it was too deep and rapid to ford, and at
least 100 yards across. One bank was abrupt ;
the other was low and covered with fragments
of rocks and trees, marking the course of the
wide and rapid torrent, which the river becomes
in the spring. Tillage of Rashtabad is situated
a short distance from the river, though not visible
from its banks, being concealed among the trees.
Road to Lahijan lay through alternations of na
tural forest, mulberry plantations, and rice fields ;
and though at first very bad, gradually became
better. The country also seemed to improve,
being more open, and not such a continual
swamp as heretofore. After about a farsakh
crossed two small streams a few hundred yards
distant from each other by a couple of single
arched bridges built of brick. From this point
road became good; sometimes hedged in on
either side by a magnificent growth of box,
which chiefly composed the underwood of the
forest, and sometimes opening on a beautiful
landscape of cottages, lawns, and cultivation.
Another farsakh on, arrived at the river Shimarud
which, flowing from the mountains, enters the
Safed Rud near its mouth. Crossed the Shima-
rud over a lofty, pointed bridge, built of brick,
and seemingly in good repair, having two large
centre arches, and two smaller ones on each side.
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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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