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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [‎355r] (714/739)

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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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651
No. 247— contd.
Zindjan to Sakiz, via Nasirabad and Sahil.

D istances
No.
in miles.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
Interme
diate.
Total,
ubiubes.
D aeba K hui ...
19
148
that drains the valley. The road then ascenda.
Direction west.
4\ hours, —To right in hollow village Khoja.
Since leaving Takantapa road very much up and
down over low hills, covered with coarse grass,
with a little wheat here and there. Soon after
pathway leading to right front branches off the
road. To the north is a range of mountains.
In front mountain peak appears over brow of the
hill.
hours. —Reach four cross roads. Road
continues west.
5 hours, —Pathway crosses road leading to villages
to right and left; soon after this we begin des
cent and at—
61 hours. —Reaches village Darra Khul, about 50
huts, and a spring. This village is completely
hidden away in a hollow.
Starts direct south-west and ascends low hills.
Mountains to right and in front. The river that
drains the valley that was lately crossed flows
at the foot of the mountains to the right, about 4
miles away in a deep rocky ravine,
f hour. —On our right small village Amaba
(Tughiara), about 30 huts.
hours. —The road is nothing more than a
pathway, difficult to find, over undulating hills
covered with coarse grass ; no cultivation, except
just near the villages, which are few and far
apart about here. A few Iliat encampments
visible.
To the right are mountains which slope upwards
from here and are covered with coarse grass ; on
the far side they end in a rocky precipice, about
150 feet high.
2 hours. —Reaches small village Ushwashkuni,
hidden away in a hollow.
The regular route branches off about 1 mile back;
a track however leads off to the left, along a
narrow ravine between the mountains, at th©
foot of the rocky precipice, and after winding
about amongst high hills with rocky peaks gets
back on to the right road, about 12 feet track
and firm. Road gradually ascending.
A\ hours. —Village Dara Pamadan about 30
huts.
Reaches top of hill. A long valley
stretching down in front is seen. Valley well
cultivated, and contains two villages.

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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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