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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [290v] (585/739)
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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No. 223— eontd.
Tehkan to Gulpaigan, vi S j Kum ) Baolatahad and Mahalldt*
No.
of
itage.
Namea of stages.
D istances
in miles.
Interme
diate.
S aveh
M ujidabad
21
17
Total.
72
89
Remabks.
for 6| mileSi when quitting the Hamadan road,
commence a slight descent of 3^ miles to Salima-
bad, in direction south-west. Two miles beyond
it, cross a dry water-course by a bridge, and then
move in a direction west for a short space, then
south-west, and again west, in all three miles, and
alight at Faizabad, another Turkish village.
Here also the water is brackish, but this is not the
case throughout the district. The houses are
generally domed, wood for rafters being scarce.
The produce of the fields appears to be confined
to barley, wheat, melons and cotton.
Proceed southward for miles, past village
Shalgan, and then from south-south-west to
south-west by west by a good road and gentle
ascent over a country frequently intersected by
hills. Path afterwards became stony, and at about
10th mile a long descent commenced through a
hilly country towards the plain of Saveh, which is
traversed in direction south-west. Reach this
small and ruinous town, after a ride of nearly
seven hours, or about 21 miles. Some supplies
and brackish water procurable.
Way led to village Bagh-i-Shekh, situated 5 miles
east-south-east of Saveh. Thence travel to vil
lage Tehris Nahid, east-south-east, a distance of
4 miles, beyond which plain presents large patches
of Kavir, consisting of a light and highly saline
soil, almost destitute of vegetation, which on the
fall of rain becomes a bog or marsh. On drying
it cracks all over and breaks up, as though from
the action of the plough, and in this state a horse
will generally sink to its fetlocks in it. Prom
Tehris Nahid the bearings were south 2o| 0 east
for a short space, then south-east and east-south
east to village and caravansarai of Mujidabad,
situated at 17 miles from Saveh.
This road is much frequented by caravans passing
between the northern and southern extremities
of the country. Merchandise destined for the
south from Kasvin and northward, or such as
comes from the south to any of those parts,
would not be carried to Tehran, but by the more
direct road between Kasvin and Kum, the differ
ence being considerable, about 52 miles.
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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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