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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [20v] (45/416)
The record is made up of 1 volume (206 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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G
No. 1C.
MashIsh to Rayin, via Nagar.
No. of
statre.
Distance, in
miles.
Names of stages.
Inter-
Total
mediate.
4
McTSAFIRABiD .
18
60|
BB&4KK3.
Road runs over the plain in south-east direction,
good going, shingly in parts. On the left is the
lofty Kuh-i-Jupar, and on the right the still loftier
Kuh-i-Hazar, both now snow-clad (19th April).
Musafirabad is a village of some 50 houses, situated under the southern end of Jupar.
Supplies in small quantities available ; water abundant and good.
Good level going all the way.
i Rayxn
7,140'.
. | 9 | 69| i
No. 2.
Bam to Lash Juwain (Sistan).
Authority .— GolDsmid.
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Distance # IN
MILKS.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Kemabks.
1
Allahabad
20
20
General direction east by south. Our course
amidst scattered ruins, over an open plain, hard
and gravelly, occasionallv salt ground with tamarisk
jungle.
" <* sec oi uate plantations, and small villages on either side of the road
and 5 S mileTf e %T Gur g™d at about 10 miles to south-south-west
h^her "ig/on to right ‘°’ 0Uth ' ° £ on teft. and prolonged
^Kb” f nd,nt Wilh ~“ rt “ d »«« •» cnltivatorn. Cnlti-
11 and^l^ - ^ 1118 St&ge ^ Part Succeed,n s follows the route described in No. 3, stages
2 j Nahimabad
16
36
General direction east. For the first mile and a
half east-south-east, then turn up a broad nullah,
over which looks the fort of Jamali, and proceed
*„• i'.s ,v , . for 6 miles north-north-east and north-east to
erihed as a -n 1106 ^ es to east " s °uth-east and east. Ariuman is des
and water is abundant e The t fa' Ve i^ Azizaba d there is much jungle and cultivation,
oraca U’B C vii c ^ * R llu R^h has a broad bed, thickly covered with high snear-
Ariv hlel “ St ( rilii f S i ’' the dista " c9 i,bwt ^t. 8 outh-ea 8 t.
farms J 1 Azizabad owing to plentiful forage. Country studded with forts and
FrorNaUmlblS ' 1 iZ" PnlM / M ’*«» ' , ' ithin «>• ««» Is insuificiont.
and level Xghont’ gS deS<!nbeS a r0ad t0 23 ^ miI «. P^aMe for gun
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The publication, Routes in Persia, Section I was compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter-Master Gerneral's Department in India and was published by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, Calcutta: 1898.
Section I contains all the routes which commence from the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. littoral and extending to a line drawn from Burajird [Borūjerd], through Isfahan [Eşfahān], Yazd, Karman [Kermān], Khabis [Khabīş], Neh to Lash Juwain [Lāsh-e Juwayn]; the routes have been arranged within the volume by starting from the sea base of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and working up towards the line described.
For each route described the previous authorities, such as publications and accounts of journeys, are given, along with the following details:
- Names of stages: towns and villages which act as stopping points along the route;
- The distance in miles from the previous stage of the route;
- The total distance in miles for that route up to that stage;
- Remarks: including geographical information; details on smaller settlements; sacred places; condition of roads; access to water; other roads and routes.
The volume also includes two appendices which contain details of other routes for which the information was received too late to be included in the main body of the volume.
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.
The inside front and back covers have pockets containing index maps of the routes described in the volume.
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- 1 volume (206 folios)
- Arrangement
Folios 6-10 consist of an alphabetical index to names of places featured in the volume, excluding those places which appear in appendix II. Folios 11-17 are an alphabetical cross-index of the routes featured in the volume, again excluding those routes which appear in appendix II.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; 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. The volume aso contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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