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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [359r] (722/739)
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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659
A PPENDIX— concld.
Keshan to Kupha^ via Natanz.
Authority —Sykes (February 1895).
No.
of
Names of stages.
D istances
in miles.
Interme
diate.
Shorgistan
Chali Reza
Zifreli
15
18
10
KupTia
17
Total.
33
43
60
Eemabks.
It is a considerable town said to contain 100 shops.
There is a good sarai, but the only drinkable
water is from a 4 haoz.'
There is no post between Nain and Isfahan, but
horses are sent to^ Kupha from the latter place
if ordered, while the Nain horses can be taken on
to Kupha.
S ummary.
From Natanz to Kupha, there is
direct route.
much more
15 Road passes Ab-i-Azan at 8 miles, as before up to
that point. Thence through hills to Shorgistan*
a village of 400 houses with bad water.
At 5 miles Abbasabad, a hamlet with excellent
water : thence through hills to Chah Reza—a well
of sweet water.
Easy march to large village of Zifrehj which has 100
houses, and good water.
Level road, across plain to town of Kupha.
Using this road the distance from Kashan, to
Kupha would not exceed 100 miles, saving 13|
miles on the above route. In case of a force
advancing from Yazd to Isfahan or Kashan,
Kupha would be of ^great importance, especially
as there is a direct route from Kupha to Yazd.
N otes.
Above Andjan (Hinian), the two streams are
called respectively Chemur Rud (Eastern branch)
and Burz Rud (Western branch).
On the Chemur Rud, commencing from the source,
lies Bedahan, Ferizan, Takkia, Ohemur (the chief
of the group) and Belogird.
On the Burz Rud, Burz, Ganjun and Yarand.
These villages together with Abyaneh, which has
200 houses, form a separate district m the hills,
and are the property of the Shah s sisteu
Natanz is the property of Abul Nazir Mirza, son
of the well-known Hissam-i-Sulianat, and con
sists of 77 villages, which include Bad and
Kalatabad. ,
The Governor is Husain Khan, and the revenue is
18,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
or about £3,200.
Kupha itself pays 800
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
, and the whole
district 2,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
or less than £400, at tne
present rate of exchange.
G. C. Press, Simla.— No, 0-26 Q. M. G., I. B .~30 7 -98.—100.
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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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