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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [‎208r] (420/739)

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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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361
No. \ll~~-contd.
Sakiz to Kaumansbah, via Shlakk, Rengrazal,
No.
of
etage.
Nanfies of stages,
D istances
in miles.
Interme
diate.
Total.
Beuares.
10
Karmanshah
4,760'.
Khagiistan ...
4,825'.
10
Karmanshah ...
5,150 r .
ISJ
22
32
203
54
Hasan A^ha, British Agent in Karraansliah.
Skirt the foot of some low undulations to the
right.
Broad well-defined track ; with a slight ascending
gradient to the town. Enter at the north side
through narrow winding streets.
Gerard's account of tli© last two stages is as
follows:—
Flat road whole way ; ford stream 3 miles, girth
deep, and at 7 miles main stream,* just at en
trance of tolerably wide gorge, through very
precipitous rocky hills of 1,200 feet. Large
valley extends eastward ; numerous small villages,
whence comes this main stream. Eleven miles
emerge in wide valley, 4 miles wide, dead flat,
and apparently cultivated,but almost under water ;
a few small villages and old fort on left; at 17
miles pass detached hill; 19 miles strike river-
bank again Karasu. Skirt along this on left
bank, one or two side streams almost unfordable
and into small village of Khagiistan, with ruined
mud fort.
General direction S. City of Karmanshah
clearly visible, south by south-west, about 15
miles, but road makes long detour. Due east to
foot of hills for 5 miles, one deep nullah to ford on
way. Taki valley and curious spring below Parao
mountain, 5 miles south-east. Then along
foot of hills, east side, passing several villages
to 14 miles. Cross spur, 5,500 feet, through grassy
basin in hills, and emerge by gorge, 18 miles.
Here a road branches to right, direct to city and
river, crossed by boat. Continue on parallel to
course of river; at 22 miles pass Ferras. Strong
springs, gardens, and in gorge near site of ancient
Tak-i-Bostam, 23 miles, rained rampart, quadrilat
eral, regularly laid out like Nineveh mounds;
25 miles Kala Amandia, and at 28 miles strike
bridge and line of telegraph of the Tehran road.
Brick bridge, six arches. Thence due west, flat
cultivated ground to city gates.
Karmanshah has 4,600 houses and is fairly built,
with large bazaars j stands in broad valley, hills
near on south, but on north about 10 miles dis
tant, and this valley, chiefly cultivated, extends
12 or 16 miles east, in direction of Tehran. Th»
Karasu, on whose banks are some large gardens
• Karasu,

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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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