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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [267r] (538/739)
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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475
No. 21^— contd.
T abriz to R asht, vioi Ahar^ Ardahil and Astara,
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
D istances
in miles.
Interme
diate.
Total.
Remabks,
Kuzi, or Kizil
Kapan.
Ahak
20
12
Kishlak
40
62
10
62
North-east. After leaving Khwaja, the country
is covered with small isolated green and red
hills, varying from 30' to 190' in height.
At 8 miles, passed the village of Shahruk, 3 or
4 miles to left of road. At 16 miles crossed a
richly cultivated vallej, running north-west and
south-east, with a small hamlet at some distance
to right. Afterwards gently undulating ground,
a range of snowy mountains bearing south-
south-east. The road level and passable for
carriages. Holmes crossed a stream several times,
and came across a rivulet, the waters of which
were said to be fresh and good. He only saw one
village, Shahsowar, about 18 miles from Khwaja,
North-east. The road gradually descends from
Kizil Kapan into a valley. At 3 miles, a ruined
caravansarai marks the commencement of a gentle
ascent about a mile in length, by the side of a
small stream ; the descent for 3 miles is more
abrupt. A ruined caravansarai stands at the foot
of the pass. One mile beyond, the road turns to
the east, and follows the course of the A bar river
on its right bank. A range of hills to the north
sprinkled with snow. The road, after clearing
the pass, is excellent, being hard, level, and free
from stones. Much cultivation. Wheat and
barley on both sides of the river. Half a
mile before reaching Ahar, ford the river, and
ascend a slight rise to the village. Holmes makes
the distance 25 miles, and is probably correct, and
says the road is stony and occasionally marshy.
MacGregor makes it 20 miles.
South 80° east. At 4 miles the road crosses the
stream of Ahar (fordable), and continues on ita
south bank. From 4 miles to 10 miles a rich
tract of country occurs, called Savalan Shami,
about 6 miles in length and 4 in breadth, covered
with cultivation, except in the vicinity of the
river, which is reserved for pasturage. A range of
mountains called Shaivek, distant about 8
miles to the north of the road. At 9 miles pass
villages of Teveleh and Tezehkand, both on
opposite bank of Ahar, latter containing 20 or
80 houses. Crossing the Ahar, the road passes
over a succession of ridges and ravines, which
descend to the river from the Kashka ranges,
dislant about 4 miles on the right, and crosses
several small streams. Kishlak is a village built
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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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