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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [281v] (567/739)
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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504)
No. 219— contd.
Tehran to Astrabad, vli Lar Valley
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
D istances
in miles.
Interme
diate.
Total.
10
Sawae
20
Astbabad
32
225
257
Eemakks.
eaeli other, 'but, apparently owing to the scarcity of
water, there is little, if any, cultivation. From
here road is good and leading through hills, when
it descends to Chashma-i-Ali Astenek, a village
surrounded by gardens, near which the river
passes. This river comes out from some low
hills backed by mountains at Chashma-i-Ali
Imamzada, which is two miles above the village,
and goes to Damghan. It is full of fish.
61 hours. Direction north-north-east. A mile from
the Imamzada one comes to a beautiful long
valley all cultivated for seven miles. Four miles
from Chashma-i-Ali, Relate, a village of 500 in
habitants, is passed on left. Three miles further
Chahardehis reached, which was composed of four
villages (from which the name is derived), but only
three villages exist now ; the fourth was ruined
by an earthquake. Population 150. From here
for four miles, road goes over a rocky mountain,
whence it descends to the remarkable and diffi
cult pass, Tang Shamshir Bur, which is a defile,
3 yards wide and 500 to 600 yards long ; rocks
on each side are very high and perpendicular,
insomuch that it would appear as if the hand
of man had been employed in the formation of
the pass. At its termination to north, the open
ing is through a sort of natural gateway about
four or five feet in width. When two caravans
meet, one has to wait outside till the other
A small stream flows through the pass, which
makes the descent difficult for camels and other
loaded animals. Even horsemen have to dis
mount. The road from the gateway descends
along the ridge of the mountains covered with
pine trees. Two miles further there is another
bad pass ; after that the road is good to Sawar.
This place is used by the Government as a graz-
ing-ground for artillery horses, it being a remark
ably good place, All round Sawar the mountains
are covered with pine trees.
Nine hours' march. Direction north-east. Hav
ing travelled about a mile a turn is made to
right into another valley situated on main road
from Shahrud to Mazandaran ; three miles fur
ther a turn is made to left, and after two miles'
march the ascent of the Jahan Numa is reached
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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).
- 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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