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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [308r] (620/739)
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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557
No. 2^8— contd,
Tehran to Mash ad, via Kishlalc, Samnan, 8f
D istancbs
No.
in miles.
of
Names of stages.
gtage.
Interme
diate.
Total.
E emaeib.
The following is an alternative by Napier from Tehran to Deh Mulla
vid Saidabad, Piruzkuh, Chaslima-i-Ali -
1 Kamae ... 23s ... Pass through village Rastumabad, crossing stream
at bridge, and thence E. through Arash and
Ushgul. Leaving last village, follow track lead
ing E.S.E., and bending S. to gap in range of
low hills bounding plain on right hand. Pass
through narrow gorge and emerge on plain of Dar
Dasht, opening on Tehran at hamlet Narmak (9
miles). Thence due E., 7 miles, across undulat
ing gravelly plain to Surkhhisar (16 miles) ;
hamlet, with water passing, at 1| miles; gardens
and enclosure of Majidabad; and crossing at 5
miles, road from Tehran to Haftchah Pass, Lar
and hari. At Surkhhisar strike into road from
Tehran (distant^ 12 miles). Beyond hamlet
direct road to Jajirud ford leads due E., up small
stream, 8 miles to river; road to bridge turns
N.E. over low range. At 4| miles reach crest,
750 feet, easy ascent, low heights of gravel and
alluvium on either hand ; descend to bridge, steep
2 miles 800 feet. Jajirud stream (22J miles)
running through narrow valley with strips of
cultivation a few yards square, fordable ; bridge
of four arches, and causeway in good repair ; left
bank easy; hill slightly receding right; hills
commanding; turn up stream few hundred yards ;
then follow lateral glen with small stream due
E. for 1 mile to hamlet Kamar,
Giliabd
47
From Kamar proceed up stream and due E. At half
a mile hills recede, falling away right (S.). At 4
miles again crest of ridge; gentle ascent over
long undulations. Eoad open ; soil alluvium and
gravel; rough grass abundant. Descend slight
ly, and pass on>E. for 6 miles over undulating
broken plateau; right, main ridge; left, low
hills skirting plateau, below which runs stream
from Damavand valley; beyond barren
range Karagata hills, behind which lies the
caravan road. Eoad good ; soil alluvium with
gravel. At miles pass small mud sarai of
Awanjela (?) left; gardens and a few fields off
right. At 8 miles deep ravine with small stream,
snow water, and few acres barley and wheat. At
11J miles descend for half a mile to hamlet and
stream of Bumahan (12 miles). Villages up and
down valley. Good strip of cultivation skirt
ing stream, which is never dry in ordinary years.
Thence crossing stream by bridge, five arches,
traverse broken plateau. Eoad good, with a few
steep pitches ; soil alluvium, mixed with sand and
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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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