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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [317v] (639/739)
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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14
15
16
17
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576
No. 230— conid.
T ehran to T iflis, via Tabriz and Jidfa.
Names of stages.
D istances
in miles.
Interme
diate.
Total.
E emabes.
ZlND /AN
Nikhbeo
Aqhamazar
Saecham
Jamalabad
Mianeh
Tueeimanceai
DAVAD(JAB
21
205
24 229
12
18
12
12
241
259
271
283
28
20
311
331
General direction north-west. The first part of
the road for 5 or 6 miles is over the plain of
Sultania, with hills, 2 miles on the right and 6
to 7 miles on the left. At 10 miles pass a village,
i mile oft left, called Diz. The road from this
goes over uneven ^ ground. A ravine to the left
and low hills 1 mile distant. A range of hills, 2
miles on the right. Koad in parts swampy.
Numerous small streams. Several streams and
large villages. Zindjan (telegraph station) is the
capital of the Persian district of Khamsa. It
is situated at the opening of a mountain glen,
and is an imposing looking place surrounded by
a mud wall with flanking towers, it contains
about 20,000 inhabitants, who are said to be the
most mutinous and troublesome in all Persia, this
being the stronghold of the Babi sect. There are
good bazaars, and a considerable trade in copper
etc.
A wretched village. For some distance by a river
side ; then a good deal of rise and descent over
barren hills.
Undulating ground. Plenty of water. Road
easy.
Plenty of water. Bad village.
A nice village, but no post-house. It is at the foot
of the Kufilan Kuh pass, JEasy road.
Excessively steep and weary climb for 5 or 6
miles. Water each side of the mountain. Part
of the ascent has been paved, but very badly.
Guns and wagons can be got over the pass, but
the labour must be excessive. This is the only
really bad bit between Tehran and Tabriz. Steep
descent to Mianeh. Mianeh is a large well-
looking village, but unhealthily situated, and
infested with poisonous bugs, which the natives
say inflict fatal bites on strangers.
Along the bed of a wide river for 10 or 12 miles.
Then up a steep hill. Thence over a rough hilly
road to Turkmanchai, a big village, where the
famous treaty between Kussia and Persia was
signed February 21 st, 1825. Of. Route No.
220, stage 15.
A bad place for robbers. Hilly road. Villages
very scarce. Caravansarai.
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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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