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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [231v] (467/739)
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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2
Route No. 186-A ^concld.
From Nasratabad to Mashad {via Duruh, Gazik, Sangun, Kaktz,
Turbat-I'Sheikh Jam)
10
11
Namee of stages.
D istances.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Bbmabes.
Ahinqaean
3,900'
Bambud .
2,S60'
Mijnabad
2,450'
abundant near village.
32
17
39
217
12
Sangun .
3,000'
21
273
294
Difficult road, first 20 miles up hill, last 12
down through a pass, soil gravelly. A hard march,
water plentiful en rotde and at Ahingaran ; sup
plies scanty, though there is camel grazing.
Good road, sand and gravel; no gradient.
Bamrud village, 100 houses; water plentiful
en route and in camp, supplies scanty; grazing
en route, but not near village.
Koad as above.
Village of 120 houses; supplies for small party,
good grazing en route, but not near village;
Water, one well en route, enough for 50 camels;
Road as above.
"Village of 400 houses lying in the Khaf Yalley,
which contains several large villages and would be
able to furnish a division with supplies for a week.
Camel grazing and abundant water.
13
Kabat
3,600'
25
319
The road crosses over a range of hills; the
Kotal is about 1,600' above Sangun, whence it drops
900' into Karat; soil gravel with no difficult
gradient.
Spring giving 1,000 gallons an hour at mouth of the pass. At the village water abundant,
supplies scanty, none en route. Camel grazing.
14
Kabiz
25
344
ing en route ; from here to Mashud the camel grazing is very poor.
Good road, gravel soil, first 18 miles barren,
then enter fertile valley with large villages; sup
plies in valley for a division for some days.
Water scanty en route, abundant at Kariz. Graz-
15
Tobbat-i-Sheikh
Jam
2,950'
36
380
This is the Herat-Mashad main road ; road
good and flat, black gravelly soil.
Water abundant en route and at the town.
Supplies fair amount en route, abundant at Turbat.
Turbat is a small town with supplies for a brigade for a week. This stage would usually be
broken at K ohlut, about half-way.
16
Kaeiz Nao
3,950'
34
plies scanty.
17
Fabaiman
4,450'
a brigade for some days.
26
18
Buggebabad
22
414
440
462
tainable for a brigade for some days.
Road as above.
Water abundant en route and at Kariz Nao.
Supplies abundant en route ; road passes several
villages. At Kariz Nao a good serai, but sup-
Road as above. Water scanty en route, abun
dant at Faraiman ; supplies scanty en route, abun
dant in the town where there are 500 houses, and
a large cultivated area surrounds it. Supplies for
Road as above. Water abundant en route
and at Buggerabad. There are several large
villages en route, and from them and Buggera
bad which is a good sized village, supplies ob-
19
Mashad
29
491
Road good.
en route and at
Supplies
Mashad.
and water abundant
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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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