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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [199v] (403/739)
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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su
No. m—contd.
Sakiz to Kahmanshah, via ShlaM, Rewgrazal] fyc.
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
Maekae Saifas-
ur.
7,745'.
Mxjlanabad ...
6,020/
D istances
in miles.
Interme
diate.
10
19
Total.
27
46
E emaeks,
Arrive at the camp of a Persian force operating
from Hamadan and Karraanshah against the
nomal Jaf Kurd tribes from over the Turkish
border. There were 600 infantry, 200 cavalry,,
and two 6-pounder smooth-bore field guns,
which they dragged by hand up- and down the
steep slopes. This is a favourable site for a camp,
being situated on a wide grassy plateau at the foot
of a group of high rocky hills to the westward,
with good water-supply from small springs in the-
hillsides.
Plenty of good green grass for the horses was col
lected from the mountain side. Water from a
large spring on the plateau. Descend a steep'
gradient, following spur towards a deep valley,-
which lay to the eastward.
Reach deep narrow ravine, which follow foru short
distance, and then ascend very steep slope out^ of
it. Pass a small village of 50 huts in the ravine
called Kamushera. A well cultivated valley
runs 28° from here, and tracks lead in all direc
tions over these rounded hills, the chief difficulty
being the very steep ascents and descents. Soit?
is mostly a light clay with but little rock, and;
not a single tree visible anywhere* Elev. 7,345^
Reach top of ascent, and wind along a contour ire
the hillside, gradually ascending. Some* rocky
hills rise to the right. Track is a 4' to 6' ledge:
Several springs containing good water on the-
hillside. There is an extensive view to the north
east here; the country.looks a sea of bare brown?
undulating hills, cut up by deep narrow valleys.
Elev. 6,910/
Pass hirge spring in the hillside, and descend steep
ly along an easy track into a valley about half a-
mile wide. Elev. 7,330/
Pass half ruined village of 20huts in the valley,
also a few trees and shrubs round a large spring..
Elev. 5,620/
Cross Khurkhura river flowing in narrow valley.
Stream is 30 yards wide and only a few inches
deep, with a slight current at this season of the
year. A few shrubs and oleanders grow along
the banks. Ascend a long- easy gradient up a-
wide spur from the stream bed^
Halt in a village of some 60 huts on a bare hillside.
Water from a small spring. Supplies in small
quantities. Inhabitants are Kurds, and poor and^
wretched looking. Temp. 94°.
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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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- 'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III'
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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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