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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [284v] (573/739)
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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510'
No. 220— contd*
T ehran to ayazid^ via Zindjan, Tabriz, Khoi,
No-
of
■tage.
Distances
in milbs.
Hemaeks.
Names of stages.
Interme
diate.
Total.
Khoi is surrounded with a wall, and with towers,
of different construction to most of the fortified
towns of Persia. They are triangular in front,
with a species of connecting work behind. There
are five gates, which are of stone.
Salmas, a large and populous town, is situated
afiout 18 or 20 miles south of Khoi.
22
Pereh
6
427
A village situate on the declivity of the hills,
which gradually form the bases of the adjoining
mountains. The road over the plain was through
rich country ; 2 miles from Khoi is a large col
lection of houses and gardens.
23
Zauvia
24
451
Road on a bearing of north 50° west. From
Pereh, we entered mountains of easy access,
which, almost 10 miles before reaching Zauvia,
opened into a plain, surrounded like a basin by
mountains on all sides inclining to the centre.
On entering the plain is the village of Selawan,
high on the right, and, on the left, a small vil
lage called Khore.
The plain was cultivated in all parts.
24
Kara. Aina ...
18
469
Road on a bearing of north 20° west. Owing to
rain the road was very muddy. From camp wo
took a turn eastward to the village of Ikafti on
the borders of a mountain torrent. Further on,
for some miles, the road traverses a pass formed
by the gradual meeting of the spurs of the moun
tains ; it then entered an oval plain, extending
for about 8 miles from north to south, and 3 in
breadth.
There are about 21 villages abtmt Kara Aina.
Fifty miles south-west of Kara Aina is Van,
from whence a road here joins in.
The tract over which we passed, though generally
of admirable soil, was for the greater part a
waste. We saw, however, immense flocks grazing
in the recesses of the mountains.
25
Aoajik
22
491
Bearing north 20° west. Road, on account of
rain, very bad. A swamp at the extremity of
plain. After passing the village of Ak-diza, the
road leaves the plain, and winds through valleys
formed by the western mountains. About 12
miles from Kara Aina are several hills.
After quitting the hills, enter the plains, at tho
extremity of which is Agajik, a miserable Ar
menian village.
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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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