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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [223v] (451/739)
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. 181—
Shahraks to Tabas, vid
Names of stages.
Distawobs
jir miles.
Interme
diate.
Total.
Tab as
4,350'.
144
rjjmaeks.
66
Behind is a mass of movmtain peaks, backed by a
lofty snow top, bearing 32(
Reach the summit of pass of Amrutak. Approxi
mate elevation 6,690'.
Then down an easy, earth slope.
At 14| miles leave the ravine down which track has
been going. Eavine turns off at 210° direction,
and down it is a view of continuous snowy
mountains extending to a high range, running
N. E. and S. W.
Over open uplands at 15J miles with mounds here
and there, and a mile further cross a ravine with
a tiny stream of water ; thence continue gentle
descent.
At 181 miles reach the Kalata Gulraid (2 or 3
houses) ; water ; no supplies. Here come out on to
broad valley and turn southwards along foot of
Ahingaran range. Ground sloping towards
centre of valley. A few miles N. of this kalnta,
a continuous chain of hills joins Ahingaran
range to the ShikRsta-i-Shurab. Beyond the
Shurab is another valley and another range, the
Daimiyan range. r lhe Shurab range ends at 200 .
Road passes close under a rocky cliff on left; good
going.
Across spurs at 26f miles ; gently undulating
ground ; soil, gravel.
Phss small stream, sluggish flow. Cultivation here
in summer. A few " banna" trees are dotted
about. n > -
Cross a spur at 28 miles. In front of it is a low
ridge stretching across the valley, and behind
that is Gazik.
Reach Gazik and camp. .
Gazik is in the buluk of Sunikhana. It contains
1,000 houses, 30 yoke of oxen, 50 jaribs of garden,
200 cows, 500 asses, 5 watermills, 1 urns]id,
5,000 sheep, maliyat 750
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
. There are
quartered here about 100 soldiers^ and 40 sowais
of the Amir of Birjand. Inhabitants Sunnis.
A small stream, 1 foot by 2 inches, flows down
centre of a riverbed, 60 yards broad ; plenty o
water from Jcanat, and there are extensive ore -
ards. Barometer 25 , 8i' / ; thermometer 4< 1
a.m. (February).
Leave Gazik and follow down river -bed past a
cliff of black rock.
Leaving river-bed at lj miles, strike across a bare
stony plain with scanty camel grazing and pa^s
a Icarez.
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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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