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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [‎301r] (606/739)

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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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543
No. 227— contd.
T ehran to K armanshah, via Ramadan,
D istances.
in miles.
No.
of
stage.
R emabks.
Names of stages.
Interme
diate.
Total.
Markham 's route from stage 2 to Shamarin is as follows :
3 Khaniapad ..
32
4 khushgbk ..
5 Shamabin
24
58
82
20
7 Nobaban
14
102
111
After about 10 miles reach Shahrud ; no bridge
o-ood deal of fresh water coming down from the
snows so diverge to right about 500 yards to find
shallow ford.
Bed of river nearly 200 yards wide at this point,
banks lined with sandhills. River flowing in
several channels, but ford not more than 3'
deep, and passed without any difficulty. When
this river is in full flood, it is impassable, and
caravans travelling on this road must make a
detour vih Qum. It is the same river that
crossed close to Hasanabad. An enormous desert
extends till within 8 miles of Khaniabad, where
enter another fertile valley. Passed immense
flocks of sheep and goats, grazing upon the wither
ed grass of the desert. Khaniabad, ruined village,
containing very few inhabited houses; but, owing
to its situation in this fertile valley, supplies are
plentiful.
Route for first 12 miles continues over this plain, but
cultivation scarcer; the last 12 miles over, desert,
where fresh grass was springing up, and thou
sands of sheep, goats and beasts grazing. Khush-
gek, a hamlet built in a small oasis, and concealed
behind some rising ground, a few gardens; water
abundant and good.
A mile from Khushgek cross a small stream flow-
in 0 * down a lovely glen, ascend left bank. The
Men all cultivated, and abounding in orchards.
Pass a little village under the hill. Road is easy
but with several sharp gradients, and several
streams to ford, but no difficulty anywhere. Soil,
well soaked by melting snow, was rich and fertile
and yields abundant crops. A mile before reach-
ino- Shamarin turn sharp to left, down narrow
valley, which presently debouches upon a vast
plain backed by snow-clad hills. The country
iust here is hilly, but not mountainous. The
hills are low and rounded, and intersected by
numerous ravines, and the soil rich and fertile.
There is no caravansarai or chaparkhanah here.
Ferrier makes the distance from Tehran to Sham
arin 88 miles.
Road indifferent and broken the whole march,
with some steep and difficult ascents and descents,
chiefly the latter. General direction S. W
to 5th mile; thence ahont W. Water plentiful
from streams on march and at encamping-
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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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