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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [226r] (456/739)
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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897
No, V&b—contd*'
Sarakhs to Turbat-i-Shekh Jam, vid Daolaialady tyc.
No.
of
stage.
Kames of stages.
D istances
in milks.
Interrn e-
diate
Total.
H emabes.
bttrj-kilich
K han.
4,300'.
Tuebat-i-shekh-
J am.
17
22
190
212
ud-din. It contains little water. The Zorabad
plain is capable of furnishing a large quantity of
supplies of wheat, barley and lucerne if it were
properly cultivated. There is another route from
Pul-i-Khatun to Zorabad emerging near the Ak^
kaya springs. The direct route along the Harl
Rud crosses several times to the Russian side o£
the stream. Water, fuel and forage at Zorabad
which is 7 miles from the river. (Macgregor).
General direction south-west. Marched over
Zorabad plain and at 3 miles passed ruins
of old Zorabad, on conspicuous mound. Thence
to Gusha Tut spring, about 3 miles ; water
good with flowing water used for irriga
tion. Thence to Karez Umar (not Zamma as
in map N. W. F. Sheet 11 N. W.) crossing
low hills about 3 miles. Here is abundant
water of good quality, and a large encampment
of black tents (Timuris). Thence to Karez
Zamma (three ruins) 2 miles. Thence to Padah
(willow) Jan Morad, 2 miles. Here is a fine
spring of good water, with a good outflow for
cultivation. At 2 miles passed ruins of Bini
Tak (marked in map Nakdali, which guides said
was several miles to the west) and at 2 miles
camp at Burj-i-Kilich Khan. At Biri Tak
comes in a road from Gushlaghar reported easy.
At Bini Tak is a fine plain, which in older times
was irrigated by a icanat Soil of the low hills
said to be excellent. Timuris say that wheat of
fine quality was formerly grown on them as rain
crops. With the exception of a few ups and
downs between Padah Jan Morad and the Bini
Tak plain, load is perfectly easy for wheels even
in its present state. Hills on north face well
covered with trees, but not a stick at Kilich
Khan. Pass is called Bini Tak from a high peak
west of Kilich Khan camp, at the base of which
goes a drivable road to Mahmudabad. This
route was driven over by the Prince Rukn-ud-
Daula this year, ]890. Snow on hills adjoin
ing. There is a good spring at Burj -i-Kilich
Khan used in spring and summer by Timuris.
Fuel can be obtained by sending to the neighbour
ing hills.
General direction nearly south to Chashma Yakhak,
and thence across the plain to Jam in a nearly
south-westerly direction.
Reached by easy ascent top of Bini Tak pass at 9J
miles. Height by aneroid 5,000 feet (probably 200
feet lower). The Nasrat-ul-Mulk drove in his
carriage over this pass in autumn, when he went
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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)
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The volume contains an alphabetical cross index (folios 6-17), and an alphabetical index to names of places (folios 18-25).
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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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