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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [305r] (614/739)
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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551
No. 2i7— contd,
Tehran to Karmanshah, vid
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
16
17
Distances
ilf miles.
Interme
diate.
S ahna
18
B esitun
17
Total.
Remabks.
252
269
Koad rough and stony for greater part of this
maich, and in some places impassable for wheel-
ed carnages. General direction south-west to loth
mile thence south-south-west to Sahna. Water
plentiful and good from numerous streams. Sun-
plies procurable of all kinds. Pass through or
round east side of town, and at 1 mile get clear of
suburbs At 2 miles ford a small .stream. Ciof
deep wateicourse by bridge ; then short descent,
llnl l V ? a - n J , es .' , cr0ss smali "ver Kabular
Lana by a hue brick bridge in good repair; and at
• Tf 6 * 0, i 0 S d broa ^, wate| courses running from
vn ff 0 | n j 1-J, x ge lmder fultl| er slope of
hills off left, and a little further, at 5 miles, another
village oft same side. Cross low ridge by gradual
inclines; then commence long steep ascent. Pa«s
small walled fort in valley, 2 miles off left, or
road at 8 2 miles. Continuing ascent, reach lop of
pass at IO3 miles, thence steep descent. At 11
miles pass village in a dell under rockj hills about
1 mile f left of road . At 12i miles, a road,
crossing the hills by another pass, joins from
right rear. At 13 miles pass a high artificial
conical mound in valley on left, at foot of which
are some stone ruins. Here a fine stream crosses
road, gushing out from spring in hill-side on right
Thence gradual ascent from valley. At 13^
miles pass village off left called Bisurkh, and at
14 miles reach foot of hills. At 15 miles pass
small spring of fresh water left. At 16 emerge
from defile of low hills, close on right, and half
a mile distant on left. Cross several small streams,
all tributaries of the Gamasiab, and reach good
and ample encamping-ground on banks of stream
north-east of Sahna. Sahna is a small but
flourishing town, situated in a well-watered and
cultivated valley, among beautiful gardens and
plantations, at the foot of a range of precipitous
rocky hills, where are some ancient caves and
sculptures.
Road reported dangerous ; overrun by plunderino-
Lurs. Direction generally west-south-west, but
south-west for some distance before reaching
the rocks of the Piru. Road first ascends gent
ly to the head of the Kajawah Shikkan Pass,
whence there is a long steep descent. Arrive at
foot over undulating plain at J1 miles ; the re
mainder to Besitun is very winding, through
cultivation and marshy ground. Water plenti
ful from the Gamasiab and watercourses. Sup
plies procurable of all kinds. Leaving Sahna,
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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).
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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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