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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [237v] (479/739)
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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4l6
No. 189— concld.
Shaitrud to Bujnurd, via Jajarw,.
No.
of
stage.
Distances
in milks.
KEIIABKS.
Names of stages.
Interne-
diate.
Total.
7
BtrjNUBt)
31f
168^
At 13 miles reach village of Tovar, on edge of
plain, north-east of pass. Ascent from Kara-
shah, 400 feet. Supplies plentiful.
From Tovar near north-east and skirt southern
edge of Shaughan plain to foot of pass of Firuza
and. hamlet Ab-i-Shirin, 7J miles. Thence follow
course of small stream, upwards to plateau known
as Takhta-i-Bashghai at summit of pass. Ascent
3J miles ; 800 feet. Road good for last mile of
ascent, cut in face of hill of easy slope and show
ing little rock.
From plateau descend into narrow glen with precipi
tous slopes and follow its windings to village
Firuza at 2If miles. Descent steep and stony
with sharp bends, but practicable throughout for
laden animals. Light guns have also passed.
From Firuza emerge on undulating well-tilled
plain of Hujnurd, and at 31| miles reach town.
Note. —A shorter but more difficult bridle-path
leads over a spur of the Aladagh mountain, north
west of Tovar to Bujnurd.
*
No. 190.
Shahrud to Herat^ via Biarjumandy Sangan and Khaf.
Authority —Taylor.
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
Distances
in miles.
rbilae^s.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
1
BAan-i-QoD ...
25
• • t
Direction south-east. Road good the first 10 and
last 5 miles; intermediate part undulating and
difficult. Ascend gradually. Cross a broad river
near suburbs, and then some streams turning mills^
and at 1 mile leave the plain. At IJ miles pass
through village of Dehsik, and at 2 miles cross
salt stream from left; road between garden walls.
Road now ascends gradually. At 5 miles roud
tower of refuge off left. At 7| miles mud ruins
on left. At 9 miles cross lines of Jcanats', a
mud tower and well on the right. At 10 miles
the road enters the hills, and the ascent become
steep. At 12| miles there is an open space, and
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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).
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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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