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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [346r] (696/739)
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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633
No. 2A3— contd.
Yazd to Mashad , viH KharanakPuskt-i-Badam,
No.
of
stage.
...
Names of stages.
Distaitchs
Ilf MILKS.
s v
luterm
diate.
B-
Total.
B BUABKS.
13
Kidamqah
3,790'.
CO
454
^tn7f, ea 1' aai onthat beariD ^ a » d to the
!f fi w- u\ P ln a PP ears to extend to the foot
o± the Nishahur mountains. There are a great
number of v.llage S1 a this plain towards the
east, each of which has its patch of cultivation
and is more or lessenpplied with water. There
are also in the plain great numbers of the little
Turkomans? 161 ^ ' Pr0teCti0n ^ ainst the
At 23^ miles there is a tiaoz. Another road goes
off from here to left, and main road now bends
roimd to right, and is directed on village of Hu-
hard and level^ " ^ the Sood,
At 26f miles reach Husenabad by side of small
stream of salt water. Sweet water is brought
from or 4 miles distant. There are
about 30 or 40 houses here, with a limited amount
of supplies.
At 27i miles, road crosses a good stream of salt
water running from right to left. At 33 miles
the village of Kawahad lies 200 yards to thfi
right.
At 37* miles Kafgir. Here are 50 houses, a ham-
man, and a shed that does duty for a mosque in
wh'ch traveHers are lodged. Water good and
plentiful from fcanats. Supplies also abundant.
Koad since it first entered the plain at Pa i-Baz
has not varied. It is everywhere good and level.
It does not vary in appearance, except that there
are patches of cultivation here and there.
There are no caravansarais at any of these villages
since leaving Zangi-Chah.
Across the level plain, The whole of this plain is
cultivated and watered by numerous streams of
sweetwater. There are villages in every direction^
and there is an unusual air of prosperity about
the neighbourhood. There are, however, no ^ar*
dens until Nishabur itself is reached.
At 1^ miles road passes a village. At 3J miles
the road crosses a stream by a bridge of three
pointed arches, the only bridge seen since leaving
Bandar-Abbas.
At I5f miles road comes to the outskirts of Nisha
bur. _ Here are extensive gardens, and hence all
the villages have gardens. At the foot of the
mountains gardens extend the whole way. The
whole great plain is closely cultivated, iioad runs
parallel to the foot of the mountains, passing a
bO
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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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