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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [285v] (575/739)
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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512
No. 221—co«cM.
T ehran to the C aspian, ma, Ahar
No.
Distances
in miles.
Bemabks..
X I %
of
stage.
Names of stages.
Interme
diate.
Total.
called the Eala-i-Dukhtar. From the
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
,,
whieh is 9,200 feet above the sea, the road winds-
down to Shiristanak, passing Gel in the distance,
where the Shah has a shooting box. Near it is a
waterfall coming from the Tojal peak. Shiris
tanak is large village of 1,200 inhabitants, with-
a good deal of cultivation around. It lies at
an elevation of 7,400 feet. Road then follows-
' the course of the stream, which is about 50 feet
wide by 2 feet deep, until the small village o£
Sarak is reached. Eoad so far is fair.
4
Hasan Ikdie ...
9
48
2J miles below Sarak meet the Gutchisir Lora,.
which is about 80 feet wide and 8 feet to 12 feet
deep, with a velocity of about 9 miles per hour.
Were it not for the rapids, this stream would be-
most useful in conveying charcoal towards the-
capital, as most of it comes from the forests-
hereabouts. The road now goes up the left bank
for several miles, crossing the river at Hasan
Ikdir by a bridge of poles. Hasan Ikdir is a
small and dirty village.
5
Waliabad
18
66
Along General Gasteiger's road through consider
able strips of cultivation. At 4 miles, near the
small village of Gutchisir, the Lora turns to the
east. From Gutchisir the road follows a stream
trending W. It then ascends 1,600 feet by easy
gradients to the Kotul-i-Gutchisir (10,200 feet).
From here a grand view is obtained. A few
miles further vegetation commences. .Road as far
as Waliabad is fairly engineered.
6
Towab
17
83
Road follows course of the Chalas on its right
bank, the river lying hundreds of feet below.
It is very steep and winding ; and a couple of
miles from Waliabad it passes through a tunnel,.
30 yards long. As lower levels are reached
forest and verdure commence. At 3,400
feet, road reaches the level of the river and-
crosses it. To war is a small village amid some
cultivation, situated 800 feet about the river.
7
Asolat
5
88
Asolat is a large and rather miry meadow, 1,700-
feet above the sea, which makes a suitable camp
ing-ground. At 2 miles reach Razan. Here
cross the Chalas by a bridge. Supplies may be
got from Murzanabad, 3 miles distant. From
Murzanabad road leads for about 20 miles down
the Chalas river to the Caspian.
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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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