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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [310r] (624/739)
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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561
71
No. 228— could.
T ehran to M ashad, via Kishlaky Samnan, Sfc»
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
D istances
in miles.
R emabjis.
Interme
diate.
Total.
7
Rudbae
13
160
'
north-east. At 23| miles strike small stream flow
ing west-south-west, to above mentioned pass into
Mazandaran, Thence follow stream through very
narrow, well cultivated glen to 25^ miles (level
ground for small carap, j mile square), where it
branches. Follow right brancb, direction east by
south, path in stony bed of torrent to 28^ miles,
and take narrow track on right side of glen to
crest at 30 miles. Ascent steep ; path narrow ;
soil alluvial; slope easy (total rise from 27| miles,
900 feet). Turn north-east from <3rest and camp
at 30 miles on plateau of Khing, wide, green plain
and easy uplands. Water and grass. Mo vil
lage, supplies, or wood.
Note (2),—This is a long and difficult march,
there being H miles of hill^ ground with a long
steep ascent at end of march, A guide should be
taken from Gursafed or Jash, for there are manv
cross-roads. In summer guides are procurable
from the nomad camps. Though there are some
difficult gradients, the hillslopes are so easy, and
stiil so light, that a road for guns might be cut
without much labour.
Leave basin of Khing plateau, direction north-
north-east, and shortly descend 600 feet down a
bad path, along hillside of sandy, loose soil with
soft sandstone cropping out in places. At 2 miles
reaoh glen of Duzd Dara, draining east-south
east, towards Damghan, Read to 8amnan leads
down valley. Cross glen at 1-| miles north-north
east, ascend spur, passing the Imamzada Ibrahim,
300 feet, and descend on other side, 250 feet. Path
bad ; soil loose and easy to work to green glen of
Khing Kharang, with two hamlets for summer
residence, 2J miles. Good camping-ground and
water. Wood near. Thence cross glen east-north
east, and at 4 miles turn north-north-east, into
green valley of Husknh (?) # about 1 mile in width ;
and at 6| miles, following valley, bend north-east.
At 8 miles open valley ends ; road enters defile
of Uraz, narrow, commanded by rocky heights
easily accessible on both sides ; descend 550 feet
in If miles. Road narrow with steep drop to
stream, and easy incline down its bed. At 2J-
miles pass into Mazandaran, down stream flowing
north through narrow gap. Continue north-east
through defile, 400 yards wide, commanded by
rocky heights ; ground level for 1^ miles, and
♦ Probably Hasht-kuh.
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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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