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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [‎293r] (590/739)

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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. 226— contd.
T ehran to I sfahan, vid Post Road.
No.
Distances
in miles.
-•
of
stage.
Names of stages.
Interme
diate.
Total.
R buabks,
is not now visited by Europeans. Its disuse
dates from 1885, when owing to the bursting of
a "band" by which the waters of the Xaras
were controlled, the plain in the neighbourhood
of Haoz-i-Sultan was inundated. The distance
from Tehran to Kura by this road was 80
miles ; whereas by that now in use (described
below) the distance is 93 miles. (Wells.
1889).
1
K erizeh
14|
14f
There are good rest-houses and water-supply on
this route, as far as Kum. Distances are measur
ed from the artillery square in the centre of the
city of Tehran.
The road leaves the city by the IShah Abdul Azim
Gate and passes the village of that name ; at 7
miles it is well metalled and trees are planted
on either side. The railway runs parallel to,
and on the north-east of the road. At Shah Ab
dul Azim is a much frequented shrine; it is a
large village of 3,800 inhabitants ; rich gardens
and a plentiful supply of water and much culti
vation. Leaving the village, the road runs
south over an alluvial plain, partialjy culti
vated, crossing many small streams by culverts
or small bridges, with numerous villages and
gardens on either side; its boundaries are defined
by deep ditches, but it is unmetalled. At Keri
zeh is a rest-house and also a caravansarai. A
foot track, following the line of telegraph poles,
also leads as far as this from the fcar Gate of
Tehran; distance 11 miles.
2
H asanabad ...
15*
30
General direction south. On leaving Kerizeh,
two streams are crossed by bridges in bad re
pair. The valley watered by them is 3J miles
in breadth and cultivation is carried on where
it is not prevented by marshy ground. There
are several villages in the neighbourhood of
Kerizeh. After crossing the marshy ground in
the valley mentioned above, the road gradually
ascends the stony slopes leading to the Kenari-
ghird hills and at length the eastern spurs of
these hills are reached. The rocks of these hills
are strongly impregnated with iron. After
crossing the ridge, the road descends gradually to
the flood (or waste-water) channel of the Karij
river, about 40 yards wide with steep banks
which is crossed by a single-arched bridge of
stone. The water from this river irrigates the
district of Shariar.

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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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