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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [‎306r] (616/739)

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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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70
558
No. m—c
T ehran to K aemanshah,
no.
of
stage.
Distaitcbs
in miles.
Names of stages.
Interme
diate.
Total,
Remaeks,
miles off right, and descends to basin of Karasu,
which river is crossed by a large brick bridge
at the 17th mile; thence gradual ascent through
plain to Karmanshah. At 20|- cross stream in
suburbs, working two flour-mills. Encamp in
. plain on north of city. Karmanshah is the
capital of a^ province, and is built at the entrance
of a valley into the plain of that name filled with
trees and gardens. Connects with Section II.
Markham's route from stage 12 to Kangawar is as follows : —
13
14
Saidabad
Kangawar
24
211
21
232
Start due north up valley for 7 miles, country all
richly cultivated and watered by streams from
hills on left, road then turned westwards, cross
ing northern spurs of mount Elwand ; it was bad
and stony but not very §teep ; after 3 hours over
grassy ridges and valleys arrived at the rocky
gorge, crossed on rough bridge (brick and stone)
and ascended left bank ; track became worse and
worse; snow blocked up pass, so a foot wide goat-
path was followed, steady ascent of 2f hours to
top, descent abrupt and steep for f hours. Said
abad a small village; good water; no supplies.
Road south-south-west over plain of pasture land.
Many villages ; deep sluggish stream, 60' wide r
flows through plain, crossed 10 miles from Said-
abad on ruined brick bridge, pass among low hills
at end of plain, and enter another long plain in
which was Kangawar; good sarai, vineyards; small
bazaar.
No. 228.
T ehran to M ashad, via Kishlak, Samnan, Bamghan, Shahrnd, Miandasht,
Mazinariy Sahzawar, Nishahur, Sharifabad and JDehrud,
B ellew ; G oldsmid ; T aylor ; C lerk ; H ardy ; T homson ; N apier;
V aughan.
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
distaircea
in miles.
\
s
rbmaeks.
Intermea
diate.
Total.
1
Khan-i-Khatim
18
•••
Leave by Shah Abdul Azim gate, and proceed in
south-east direction by road over undulating allu
vial soil amongst villages, corn-fields and gardens.
After 18 minutes cross stream, and in 8 minutes
more stone bridge over deep dry bed of nullah.
fahL
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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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