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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [302v] (609/739)
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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546
No. ^27— contd.
Tehran to Karmanshah, via llama dan.
No.
of
ttage.
Names of stages.
D istances
in miles.
B bmares,
Tnterme-
diate.
Total.
10
Bibikabad
17
159
divides valley. Pass close nnder some loftv
and precipitous bluffs, of this range on right into
small valley, down which a stream winds off left
and rejoin main road from Nuvaran, whicli'
comes up here from the east. Ascendino- tbenre
at 7 miles, cross low sandstone ridge, after which
steep ascent to 7i miles. At 8 miles pass villas
off right. Here a steep sandstone bluff ahuts on
left. Pass ruined village of Kuradih on ridit
and a little further, at 10J miles, village of Gul-
gulabad off same side. At 12 miles ford water-
co ." rse - Pf 8 'fge village of Dowan about a
mile oit lett, and some ruins on same side. Ford
two watercourses. At 13 miles another one flows
along left. Valley now becomes more confined.
At 14 miles cross ridge or spur from hills on
right. After this dry bed of canal lies alongside
lor some distance on left, passing up to 15 miles
under hills on right. Thence ascent from un
dulating valley between ranges of low hills, close
on right, and distant on left to upper portion of
village of Zara, whence steep descent round
ruined fort to camping-ground in hollow. Vil
lage of Zara on left. Encamping-ground,
ample and good, in hollow or on hillocks on right
of road overlooking the village. No treesV
cultivation. Spring of fresh water with hanai
half a mile further towards fort of Khushajah;
also kanat in the hollow, where camping-ground.
Road for first 4 miles over undulating country
with gravelly soil. For remaining 13 over level
alluvial plain, much cut up by irrigation. Water
plentiful throughout march from streams and
canals. Supplies scan fey. Leaving Zara, ascend
steeply half a mile between two ranges of low tep*
pehs, where there is a spring of fresh water
with a Icanat on left. Passing under village
and fort of Khushajah on same side, cross dry
I/u v f s ^ rearQ 1 mile. At 4 miles pass
through large strangling village of Shushanabad,
and cross dry bed of another river. At miles
pass village of Naurabad on left, and ford a
stream. Pass some mud ruins on right, and at
q ^ Iar ^ e 4 village with fort on left of road called
oijan. At t miles ford a broad canal 3' deep.
' 2 miles pass a ruined village on left, and
cross a watercourse. At 10J miles pass through
village of Jahanabad, and by a small fort on
S f 0U rf * -.l 1 ? 0111 5 miles ofE left ( a good lanli -
' At Hi miles cross a dry river-bed.
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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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