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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [27v] (59/416)
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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20
No. 5.
Bampur to Gwadar, via Sarbaz.
Authority. —Euan Smith, 1871.
No. ot
stage.
Names of stages.
Distance, in
miles.
Int*--
mediate.
Total.
1
Sab-i-Band
8
8
2
Sabkuban
12h
H|es
O
CM
3
Absowaean
17
37|
4
Pagodas
20
57!
6
Kolani .
17
74|
Remarks.
divides the districts of the same name
Sarbaz river, which it thenceforward follows.
6
amphitheatre
Sarbaz*
3,100'.
19
931
Water good and abundant. Rice and dates pro.
curable in small quantities. At the thirteenth mile
the direct road to Sarbaz enters the valley, which
here widens considerably and, at Sarbaz, forms an
Sarbaz, a village of 60 huts with ruined fort.
Water good and abundant. Rice and dates pro
curable in small quantities. Road through
valley as before; much cultivation and many
hamlets.
Water good and abundant. A moderate supply
of provisions obtainable. The road, as before, fol
lows the river valley, which is here wider and less
abruptly bounded. Several villages and palm
7
Dipkhaub
14
107!
2,590'.
8
Pabod
12
119!
2,190'.
Water good from river. Supplies none; grass
and fuel; good road through acacia jungle. Camp
ing-ground on river bank near canal dam.
Water good and plentiful. Road to Pahra, or
Fahraj, as above. On leaving that place, it turns
abruptly south, and crosses desert plain for about 5
miles to camping-ground.
Water good from spring. Road for 9 miles over
stony, desert plain, when it enters hills by a
ravine, in which it continues for 7 miles. Camp
ing-ground on right bank of road, some distance
from ravine.
Water and fuel good and abundant. Road con
tinues in a ravine. At a point called Kahiri, a
more direct path leads to Sarbaz via Ispatki, but
is impracticable for guns.
Water and fuel good and abundant. A mile and-
a-half from the camping-ground, the road reaches
the foot of the ridge which forms the water part
ing between the Bampur and Sarbaz rivers, and
After crossing ridge, road enters the bed of the
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on stony plateau beyond village.
9
Rask
14
133!
Water good and abundant. A moderate supply
of provisions procurable. The road follows thf
river for 9 miles, when it crosses a spur from the
west bank. Rask has 100 huts.
* For road from Sarbaz to Kasarkand, •cidt No. 14, page 54.
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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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