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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [29r] (62/416)
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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23
No. 6.
Bampur to Gwadar, vid Katarkavd-
No. Of
stage.
Names of stages.
Distance, in
mii.es.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Remakes.
Tang
Kwash
Kasabkand*
1 , 710 '.
15
13
11
78
91
102
Water abundant from Kaju river. Supplies of
fuel, forage, and dates. Koad follows winding
of Kaju river along its valley. Date groves and
cultivation, but no villages. One hut at Tang.
Water abundant from Kaju river. Dates, fuel,
and forage. Koad as iu last march. No village.
fort with extensive date groves,
neighbourhood.
9
10
Water abundant from Kaju river. Dates, fuel,
forage, grain, and sheep procurable. Koad as
in last two marches. Kasarkand is a large village
containing about 1,500 souls, and a large square
Grain procurable from villages, and sheep from nomads in
11
12
Gitan
22 f
Chibak .
29
Mibi Bazae
22f
Sisad
m
Rimdan .
14
Kimdan.
13
SlBOKI
18f
124f
1531
176i
188J
202 |
221
Water from small spring in river-bed. No
supplies. Route along river-bed as before.
Gitan, a halting-place only.
Water abundant from wells. Grain, dates, fuel
and forage. Road fair through ravines.
Water abundant from irrigation channels.
Grain, dates, forage and fuel. Road lies through
cultivated country, irrigated by numerous water
courses from the Bahu Dashtiari river. Villages
numerous; camels procurable.
Water abundant from irrigation. Grain, dates,
fuel and forage. Koad similar to the last day’s
march. The crossing of the Bahu river, near
Sisad, is dangerous to camels from the muddy
bottom.
Water precarious from rain water in pools. A
little forage and fuel only. From Sisad a road
leads direct to Gwadar, distant about 30 miles,
the halfway halting-place being Sigari. The road
Water abundant from Dasht river. Forage and
fuel abundant. A little grain and a few sheep
and fowls procurable. Road across a bare alluvial
plain to edge of Dasht river, which runs through
a belt of jungle, with occasional clearances for cultivation. The river has not more than^S
to 4 feet of water, and is about 50 yards wide. Siroki consists of two groups of mat huts on
the left bank.
14
Falaei
16
237
Water abundant in winter from stream, which
dries in summer. Scanty forage and fuel.* Good
road over desert. Cross low hills just before
reaching Falari, which is a halting-place on the
bank of a small stream.
* For roads to Geh, Sarbaz, Masas, Bahau Kalat and Guattar, vide No. 14, page 52
For roads from Kasarkand to Baftun and Tank see end of this route.
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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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