!['ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [‎314v] (633/739)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000001491.0x000114/Mss Eur F111_371_0633.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [‎314v] (633/739)")
'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [314v] (633/739)
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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
570
No. ^28— conoid.
T ehran to Mash ad , vid KiMak, Samnan i 8fc.
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
D istances
in miles.
E emabks.
interme
diate.
Total.
i
i
:
trees ; fort on high hill off right. At 2 miles
fortified village on high mound in the valley off
right. At 24 miles pass through small hamlet of
Gulistan ; trees and water. A few yards farther
a very rocky ridge, the Tappa-salam, with the
Kotal-i-Torbaraz, and deep bed of broad river off
right. Little farther on, a stone hand across the
river-bed connects two rocks. At 4 miles steep
descent into dry river-bed, 150 yards wide. A
few yards beyond, cross small stream. At 4J
miles Ions:, rocky and precipitous descent over
boulders and slippery face of naked rock. # At 5
miles arrive in large plain. At 6 miles mud
ruins on right, with scanty cultivation. At 6i
miles small mud fort on right. At 8 miles small
sarai and trees on right. Cross stream. At 9
miles small stone obelisk on left, grave-yards,
and a line of Jcanats. At llf miles cross deep
ditch by bridge ; and at 12 miles reach s^ate of
city. Camels proceeding from I^isbabur to
Masbad must take the road vid Sharifabad.
No. 229.
T ehran io S ari, via Damavand, Firuzluh and Shirgah.
Authovily — O useley ; T odd.
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
D istances
IN miles.
Interme
diate.
Total.
Rsmakks.
Jajieud
15
Damivand
25
15
40
Todd's account is as follows ; -
On quitting Tehran in an east -norfh-cast direction
at 15 miles, tlie Jajirud river is crossed bv a
ford. But from the month of April to the mida^
of June, when the mountain snows are melting
it is often so much swollen that laden mules maKe
a circuit of several miles to cross the river by a
bridge, said to be about 3 miles above the cai*
avansarai at the ford.
From Jajirud to Damavand, a ch'stanr-e of ^ ;3
miles, the road is crossed by several sn ail strean^ >
• Thomson disagrees with this description, r ^inaTkiiig: ih; t the rliffi< ult part is r ot rr.oro than 20(> yjird.^
that the path is not tsiippery and that ihjr^ is also au alternative road skirting the hill by which a can iagt caL reap
Qttiiataa,
About this item
- Content
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.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [314v] (633/739), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F111/371, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024054423.0x000020> [accessed 19 April 2024]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100024054423.0x000020
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100024054423.0x000020">'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [‎314v] (633/739)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100024054423.0x000020"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000001491.0x000114/Mss Eur F111_371_0633.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000001491.0x000114/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- Mss Eur F111/371
- Title
- 'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:58r, 59r:232r, 232r:233r, 234r:361v, back-i, 363r:363v, 365r:369v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence