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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [344r] (692/739)
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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629
No. 243—
Yazd Mashad, vid KharanaPuM-i-Badam,
No.
of
stage.
Names of
D istances
iir MILKS.
Interme
diate.
11
S ang G ied
3,910'.
Total.
Ebmabks.
36
382
^ SZ 2 Ltttht
and hi.ls 3 or 4 miles to left. 9
Atg miles a smaU irrigation stream of good
ater, which is followed for some distance. Road
to Tursmz is all over the same great plain cross
ed in the preceding day's march, with cultiva
tion and villages all the way.
At 9, miles.a considerable patch of cultiiration.
Road now in narrow valley abont 1 m il e wide.
Close on nght is a high, bare, precipitous
lam. J he trountams on left are bare and steep.
At 10 miles road ascends the bed of a stream. The
valley here, 4 mile wide, bounded by bare and
rugged mountains. At 11 miles the village
Ahubam, with gardens and cultivation, is passed.
in wfll t I 1,a - SSeS Sardens enclosed
in walls. The precipices of a huge, bare rook
almost overhang the road on right. On the road
is a narrow strip of level ground utilised for
gardens and cultivation.
At the village of Sir there are the remains of an
old castle overshadowed by a hi^h, bare and
steep monntain. The village is built on the side
ot the hill below the castle. From village the
ground slopes down steeply to stream, which is
bounded on the other side by bare and steep
mountains. There is a little level ground all up
this valley, where there are gardens and cultiva-
tion.
The ascent of about 1,400' in M miles is not diffl-
cult. 1 he road in some parts is rather rough and
stony, but nowhere bad.
Bijwat lies somewhere to the north-west of Sir.
Up the well cultivated valley with its extensive
orchards^ and corn-fields. The flat ground ia
very limited, and the narrow valley is bounded
by high, bare and precipitous mountains. Road
is rather bad and stonj^. At 1 mile, the road
crosses to the western side of the valley, and
leaves it, ascending a smaller valley in a north-
north-west direction. This valley is well culti
vated, with plenty of trees by the watercourses.
At 3 miles the valley narrows to a narrow
gorge, where there is no room for cultivation.
The valley twists a great deal, but the genera!,
direction is west-north-west. Road not good.
Here there is a good stream of sweet water.
At 4| miles valley opens again. There is more
cultivation, and a road to left to a place called
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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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