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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [266r] (536/739)
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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473
No. ^W—contd,
T abriz to K armanshah, via Binah, Lailan, fyc.
No.
of
stage.
N ames of Btages,
D istances
in" miles.
E emaeis.
Interme
diate.
Total.
1
skirt of Dalakhana, a remarkable mountain rising
to a height of about 7,500 feet in tiers of rugged
limestone cliffs, which form a barren back ground,
throwing light by contrast into the rare picture
offered by the evident fertility, and the absence
of all traces of famine and oppression in the valley
below.
It numbers 2,000 houses and 40 shops. Unlike
most other towns in Persia, it has no ruined quar
ter—the famine, though felt, has left no perma
nent traces.
The inhabitants, almost entirely engaged in agri
culture, export their corn, fruit, and a few carpets
made by their women.
The Kurdish nomads of the district, having the
command of extensive pastures, rear large num
bers of small hardy horses and mules. Forage
and fuel are plentiful.
The district or petty chiefship—for it is held by
an hereditary chief—of Dinawar has about 80
villages and hamlets, lying in the picturesque,
fertile valleys of the two streams, the Kangar-
shah and Jannisar, that unite at the defile.
Their chief estimates the surplus grain produce
at about 6,000 k bar wars or 2,800 tons. It now
finds its way chiefly to Hamadan. A consider
able number of horses and mules might be found
in the district, and fuel and forage in large quan
tities.
Then " mahal" of Chamchamar, on which the defile
of DinavAar opens, is exceedingly beautiful and fer
tile. It is traversed by the windings of the Dina
war stream, the banks of which are well wooded;
its villages are enclosed in gardens and plantations
of tall forest trees ; and its soil, when not cul
tivated, is covered with a luxuriant natural vege
tation.
It numbers about 80 villages with an average of
about 40 houses each. One-fourth of the soil is
abundantly irrigated, and the dry or £< daima "
lands bear excellent crops.
The surplus grain produce is estimated at 24,000
kharwars or 8,800 tons, of which one-fifth is
barley.
Of the " mahals " or districts of Karmanshah,
Chamchama is by no means the most productive.
The province may, in fact, be termed the granary
of Western Persia. A rough estimate, made by
several natives, of the surplus produce of the
province gives a total of 380,000 kharwars or
139,333 tons of wheat and barley as ready to be
60
m.
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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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- 'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:58r, 59r:232r, 232r:233r, 234r:361v, back-i, 363r:363v, 365r:369v
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