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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [307v] (619/739)
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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556
No. 228-— conicl.
Tehran to Mashad, via Kishlak, Samnan, fyc.
No.
of
stage.
10
Names of stages.
Ghushah
D istances
ist miles,
Interme
diate.
Total
24
D amghan
D eh M ullah #(
23
184
207
26
233
Rbmaeks,
highest summit; thence rnidulafing descent into
small plain, in which, at 24 miles, is large brick
sarai and post-house of Ahuan ; pool of water
beyond ; also an abambctr. Water good and plenti
ful ; supplies none. For stages between Tehran
and Ahuan, cf. Route No. 19, stages 6 to 12.
Route north-north-east by north by a good hard
gravelly road, over a gently-falling desert waste,
with hills on either side. Soon cross a low spur of
Alburz (6,;-}80 feet) after short steep ascent. At
li miles gentle descent to 5 miles, when it
becomes steeper. At 6 miles road winds round
side of spur, and descends gradually into bare
plain of Damghan. At 17 miles cross dry bed
of torrent. Ascend over low ridge (5,600 feet),
and at 23^ miles cross another dry torrent-bed.
Near latter is small deserted mud fort and en
closures on left; a little farther is stream of clear
water from the Alburz, which forms a pond
behind sarai and post-house. No village or cul
tivation. Water good, but limited in quantity,
from pool and an abambar; ncne on march.
Supplies none.
Route north-east by east. Road good, mostly level.
Follow line of telegraph across stony, desert plain
between hills as far as village A mirabad on right
(1 hour and 40 minutes). Thence road inclines
rather more to east leading parallel to hills on left;
distant about 2 miles. To right lies a great arm
of the desert, south of which is a range of hills.
Soil, a firm gravel. Numerous villages are passed
in this plain. At 11^ miles Daolatabad on right,
with a triple wall and ditch. At 13i miles cross
small stream and pass more villages. At 15 miles
cross stream from left. At 21f ruins and burial-
giound. At 22^ cross stream and enter suburbs ;
4 miles round Daolatabad alluvial. Water abund
ant and good. No supplies except bread. See
Index.
Direction east by north over an even, alluvial tract
aie or vegetation. To left it slopes up to stony
hillskirt; and to right, slopes down to Salt Desert.
Jb rom Srd to 4th mile constant watercourses. At
b miles, high ruined tower Tapa-i-Bakr." At
il L-i* s ^ ream fro™ left. Innumerable villages
both sides Deh Mullah is a small village with a
lumed fort on a mound, and a large caravansarai.
an< ^ plentiful. Supplies in small
quantities.
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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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