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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [344v] (693/739)
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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630
No. 243— contd.
Y azd to M ashad, via, Kharanak, Pusht-i-Badam, Sfc,
No.
of
•tage.
Names of stages.
D istances
is miles.
Interme
diate.
Total.
Kabudan. Eoad now passes under overhanging
trees up a stream of water, and at 6 milfts very
small village of Khur is reached, road passing
through continuous cultivation, and overhang
ing fruit trees. At 6f miles another village,,
also called Khur, is reached, ard at 7 miles the
principal village of Khur is reached. Here are
100 houses, and the ruins of an old castle pic
turesquely situated on the summit of a conical hilL.
The village is built /m steeply sloping grounds
Valley very narrow all the way, and bounded by-
steep, bare mountains, sloping sharply down.
At 8f miles gardens and trees end, but culti
vation continues. Eoad is rather bad and narrow
in places. Valley very narrow and everywhere
overshadowed by high, precipitious, bare moun
tains.
At 9 miles two roads lead to Chinar; that to east
is shorter, but much worse than western road,.,
which is here followed.
At Itmiles road enters another ^orge amongst
overhanging rocks, where there are a great number
of bid (willow) trees. The valley is exceedingly
picturesque, and there is a beautiful stream of clear*
sweet, sparkling water. The gorge lasts for a
few 100 yards only.
At 11 miles there is another open space with a patch
of cultivation. At 11^ miles a road from Bijwat
{vide Route No. 175), joins in from left.
Here there is a stream of water. The cultivation
soon after comes to an end. At 13 miles there are
neither trees nor cultivation, and the valley is
surrounded by low hills.
At 14 miles gain the summit of tha Gudar-i-Chinar
by an easy road. Altitude of the Gudar 5,590^
The ascent has been gradual, and nowhere very
steep ; but road goes a great deal up and down
small spurs. In some places it is almost impass-
able for wheeled artillery, but it could easily be
made practicable. From here the snow-range
above Nishabur is visible, and road is directed
generally on the highest point. Up to here road,
which has zigzagged about, has borne away to W.
From the Gudar, road is good, and descent slight
into open valley surrounded by low hills.
At 17i miles there is a stream of water, and cultira-
tion commences. Near here is the small village
of Chinar, with tree*? and 30 houses, lying a little
to right of road. From here road, which is good,
begins, though in hilly ground. There is a good
deal of cultivation also. At IQf miles a tower lies
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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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