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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [199r] (402/739)
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. Ml—contd.
S akiz ^ K armanshah, vid ShlaM, Bengrazal, fyc.
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
D istances
in miles.
B emabes.
Interme
diate,
Total.
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Weather very pleasant for marching in the morn
ing.
Left camp, descending sharply for a short way
from the village, and then turn up a narrow-
valley. Direction 173°, with steep hills on either
side. Temp. 67^. Elev. 5,470'.
Cross bed of stream nearly dry. Road gradually
ascending valley, a good clay track, 6' to 8' wide,
stony in places^ Valley well cultivated; a
" petite culture " of small patches of wheat,
cotton, tobacco, and millet. Pass several small
springs in the hillside. Elev. 5,235 ; .
Turn up small side valley with steep clay sides ;
a short steep pull at the head of it. At the top
reach a narrow neck, and turn to left along a
clay spur, gradually ascending. Plenty & of
"karnoch." An umbelliferous plant used for fodder
grows on the hillside. A narrow valley runs
down 255°, with steep clay slopes. A few' shrubs
seen on the hillside deep down to left; otherwise
slopes are quite bare. Elev. 6,215'.
Road is a steep ascent in clay hillside, J to i gra
dient. The country on either hand is cu^up bv
several deep valleys and ravines going towards
theJaghatu on the west and the Khurkhura on
the east. Temp. 63°. Elev. 7 ,100'.
In a direction 248° from here is a high rocky
mountain streaked with snow called the Kalaka-
dajar Dagh. The intervening country is a
series of bare, steep, rocky ravines running to
wards theJaghatu.
Road, a level track, along a spur, rounding the
head of a deep valley to the right.
Keep along high level of spur, a 3'to 5' ledge in
clay hill slope. Rock granite and. limestone. The
lower portions of these deep ravines are cultivated.
Turn down a small valley with easy shelving sides.
Limestone crops out at intervals, also portions of
black looking volcanic formation. Track stony
near foot of valley, with steep gradients. Bear
ing 146° is a lofty conical peak streaked with
snow, a portion of the Kuh-i-Chahil Chashma.
Elev. 7,385'.
Wind-round hillside along a 3' ledge. Commence
ascending a small valley. Some green orass
alongside a small stream, which flows down it.
This was being cut for hay by the villagers.
Elev. 7,385'.
Ascend a good track, and at the summit turn along
a spur. Road has a steep gradient in places, with
deep ravines on either hand. Elev. 7,095'.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:58r, 59r:232r, 232r:233r, 234r:361v, back-i, 363r:363v, 365r:369v
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