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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [268r] (540/739)
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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477
No. 212— contd.
T abriz to R asht, via Ahar y Ardahil and Astara.
No.
DisTAwcaa
IN MILES.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
1
luterrae-
diate.
Total.
Bbhuxs.
Tyak to the right. At 3J miles, Karaman, a
large village with a fine stream ; at 6 miles Nash-
rubad, large village with abundance of wafer.
A range of mountains sprinkled with snow, about
20 miles distant, extending north-west and south
east. 14 miles farther Dujat, large villages
with abundance of water.
9
OlUB
101
128 J
At 2J miles a large village with fine stream ; 1
mile beyond, Barzil. Onar is a large village about
1 mile to the left of road, surrounded by orardens
and orchards, in 4 a valley running down from
mount Savalan. Abundance of water. The
valley richly cultivated. Between Ali and Onar
is the village of Kara Kaya, about 4 miles to the
left of the road, on the left or south bank of the
Karasu. Within 2 miles of Onar lies the
village of Lori, about 1 mile to the left of the
road.
10
S hahsowar ...
24^
153
North 40° east. Small village of Aliabad at If
miles. The Karasu, about 3 miles on the left of
the road. From 6 miles to 10 miles beyond Onau
steep ascents and descents occur. At 9 miles is
the ravine of Dujakh, which marks the boundary
of Mishkin and Ardabil. Shahsowar is a large
village with abundance of water. Small village
of Kurd Kishlak on the left of the road.
11
A edabil 4 ,.
10
163
South 85° east. At 4 miles a considerable village.
The village of Bari, 2 miles on the right of the
road. The Karasu is about 2 miles on the left.
Passed the two small villages of Gerjan and
Sumah. MacGregor makes the distance 14 miles.
Cf. Route No. 213, stage 4.
Rich cultivation of wheat, barley and rice, between
Sumarin and Ardabil. Road excellent. Gradual
slope of country from the skirts of Savalan to
the Karasu. Besides the foregoing villages,
which are close to the road, between Mizam and
Ardabil, there are numerous others scattered over
the plains.
12
N amin
15
178
Leaving Ardabil, cross small river Balikli immedi
ately outside the town, and take nortb-east direc
tion across the plain. MaoGregor makes the dis
tance 11 miles. m
Many villages are scattered about, among which,
Arghaur, Boglan, Kerlan, Konstabad, AkBulak,
and Ziranah lay nearest the road. During the
first hour's march as far as the village of Ak Bulak,
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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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