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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [‎37r] (78/416)

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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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Bampur to Neh, via Nasratabad.
Distance, in
MILES,
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
21
SlNKUBI .
35
333
Rkmaeks.
No water on the road. At 13 miles the well
of Mastian lies under a hill in the open plain
about 5 miles to the east; water very brackish.
At 17 miles a spring called Istalkh below hills
about 3 miles to the north-west, ana ai mues me wen uj. iuian, ocm u
beyond some low hills on the west. The well of Sinkun is under a mound rising out of
low sandy hills, water drinkable.
22
ISTIN
11
344
Road over a rising plain, passing after a few
miles a round hill on the right called Karbasu.
Then over undulating ground following the Dahna
Panja, a stream of rather brackish water flowing
from the mouth of a tangi. At about 10 miles, after passing through the tangi, a pass
is crossed, quite practicable for laden animals. The village of Istin lies amongst hills on
the west of the road. There is a small patch of cultivation on the slope and a good spring.
No supplies procurable.
Read over the plain passing a village called
Seh Parsakh below the hills. Neh is a large
village and the residence of a Khan. Supplies of
all sorts are procurable. The country round is
fertile and well-populated, the chief products being barley and wheat.
23
Neh
14
358
3,700'
No. 11.
Bampur to Ramishk.
Authority. —Brazieu-Creagh, 1894, [From native information).
No.
of
stage.
Distance, in
miles.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Remarks.
1
Gesh Koh .
14
14
Road through cultivated ground crossing Bampur
river at 2nd mile; onwards the road runs over
sandy desert. Wells fallen in, water undrinkable.
No fuel. As an alternative, march via Rasimabad
or carry water.
2
Chah Gaz
10!
24!
Road across desert through sandy ridges. Halt
ing place by a good deep well in the Talasht nala.
No supplies ; fuel and camel-grazing scant.
3
Chah Haidar
10
34^
Crossing through the Talasht nala, road runs
over the desert. Shallow well. Water not reliable ;
mashaks should be filled at last halt. No supplies.

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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)
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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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