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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [366v] (734/739)
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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2
Route No. 77 {a)—contd.
No.
Names of stages.
Distances.
of
stage.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Remarks.
Miles.
Miles.
2
Chah-i-Siah ...
131
22*
From Ain Shirwan the road leads north-west over
barren soil. At 2f miles there is a low range
of hills about 2 miles distant on the left. At
io| miles the road leads over some low spurs.
At io| miles the forward bearing is 310. At
13% miles Chah-i-Siah is reached^ where there
is a good kanat.
3
Deh Hak
31
531"
Leaving Chah-i-Siah. the road ascends gradu
ally across a gravel plain amongst low hills
at 4f miles it runs clo^e under a range of hills
on the right. At yf miles there is a low range,
half a mile away on the left, and a higher range
one mile from the right of the road. At 11^
miles the road gradually ascends between low
hills through a valley which is about a quar
ter of a pile broad. At 15! miles the top of
a ridge is reached, from which the road soon
begins to descend through a longer valley, the
heights on either side being about i| miles off.
All this country is very barren. At 21 miles is
the village Alavi about 1 mile to the right of
the road. At 24 miles is Huseini, a village
containing 120 houses, the yearly produce of
which is 900 Kharwars of wheat and barley.
The " Mali vat" is 1 ,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
cash. 1 here
are 2000 sheep, and one large Kanat." At
27I miles there is a
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
and six new
ly-built houses, on left ofjroad, called Gazisian.
There is a kanat here. At 30 miles the road
continues to ascend, passing extensive orchards
and vineyards until Deh Hak is reached at
the head of the valley, close under hills on
either side. Here there are 800 houses, 3
hanatSf and 4000 sheep. The yearly pro
duce is 2,000 kharwars wheat and barley and
2000 kharwars grape syrup. The " Maliyat"
is 3,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
cash.
4
Tikan ...
3ii
85
The road at first leads down a gentle slope-
amongst hillocks. At 3 miles the village Kun-
dab is passed on the left— 120 houses, 200a
sheep, and one kanat. Yearly produce
is;—
3 0 o Kharwars ... Wheat and barley.
3 C0 a ... Grape Syrup.
" Maliyat" 500
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
.
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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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