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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [257r] (518/739)
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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455
No. 211— conti.
Tabriz to Kahmanshah, via, Binah, Lallan, fye.
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
Interme
diate.
11 Kuubuljik: ...
12
B ijab
D istanobs
in MILES.
Total.
13
15£
197
E kmakks.
212J
Thence descend by easy gradients to Kizil Bulak,
40 houses, 13|- miles; descent about 500'.
Road good, with one or two steep pitches easily
improvable, commanded by accessible heights, 50
to 300'. Village on bank of brook flowing south,
tributary to Kizil Uzan.
At 17 miles, following stream, reacb Jafarabad,
40 bouses. Road narrow and winding, but
prncticable for guns. Heights commanding, 50 to
700'.
At Jafarabad, bend sharp east following stream
through narrow gorge enclosed by accessible
heights, 50 to 300', and wind through nar
row defile flanked by low crests of sandstone, 50
to 700'. ^
At 19^ miles valley opens out. Thence to Khush-
makam (80 houses), 2J miles. Village, with old
mud fort out of repair, situated on rising ground
right bank of stream.
Leave Khushmakam following right side of valley
and bearing south-south-east. Road good, over
level cultivated country.
At 4 miles ground broken and undulating.
At 8 miles reach narrow gap in ridge of Ak Dakh,
which rises to 1,000' above valley. Gap
known as Tang-i-Nasirabad, has length of 300 to
400 puces, and is commanded by steep but
accessible heights.
At miles reach hamlet Nasirabad, and ascend
by easy gradients over open plateau.
At 10y miles enter defile commanded by easy
heights of 50 to 500'. Road stony but good
throughout.
At 12 miles reach crest of pass with total ascent
of 375', and descend by a steep slope into
wide undulating plain. Road to Tabuna, distant
4 miles, turns off left.
Thence 1 mile over easy undulations to Kara Bulak,
50 houses. Road good throughout. Descent
from the Ak Dagh, about 500 yards, would re
quire
Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios.
some improvement for wheels. Rock on
surface, hard limestone.
From Kara Bulak the direct caravan route to Bijar
bears south-south-east. To left of road, open cul
tivated plateau land extends for some miles ; to
right, easy heights, 100 to 400'. At 2f miles
reach crest of sharp descent into valley of Kizii
Uzan, known as Gardan-i-Salamatabad.
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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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