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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [‎40v] (85/416)

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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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46
No. 12 A.
Khanu to Minab.
Distance, in
No. of
stage.
MILES.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
H KM A HER.
It is built on the extreme north-western end of a spur of hills on the lowest and
nearest range to the coast, direction of this range S.S.E., N.N.W.; the fort is bounded on
two sides by the Minab river, which curves round it, the banks being most precipitous, and
on the other sides by the town and the south-western portion of the spur above alluded to,
In the bazaar there are above 100 shops of various sorts; many Hindus are here to be
found, and the trade is considerable; miles and miles of date palm groves exist to theS,
and S. W. of the town, and extensive gardens and cultivation are to be seen ; supplies abund
ant; also grass, grazing and good water; in the immediate neighbourhood there are 8,000
sheep, 200 camels, 200 donkeys, 1,000 cattle, and double or treble this amount could easily
be procured with due notice. The inhabitants are very mixed, consisting of Arabs, Biluchis,
Pathans (a few), Persians and Hindus, while the ill-feeling between Shiahs and Sunnis,
the former of which are the most numerous, is most marked.
Note. —Mr. Floyer’s route vide No. 42, vift, Bargah, Sarikahur, Manujan and Ja»-
in, thence down the Jagin river bed to Minab, is the most direct and far the best one. Mv
party took another route, more to the W., which is in no way a good one and is mncli
longer ; but a considerable amount of extra geographical knowledge was obtained.
No. 12B.'
Dasht-i-Kuch to Sardu.
Authority .— Sykes, 1894, [From native information).
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Dibtai
MI
Inter
mediate.
run, IN
[iES.
Total.
Rkmabks.
1
Shekh Bakh-
TIAE.
17
17
Eough, but fairly level road, to hamlet, which
is under Kuh-i-Dilfar, and on the Sagdar river,
It is the property of the Shah.
2
1
Dilfabd .
16
33
Eoad fair, with numerous small gardens, the
property of the Afshar Iliats.
Dilfard is a hamlet on the river which flows fiom
the great Kuh-i-Dilfar.
3
Sabdtt
14
47
Eoad crosses a high pass, and then descends
into Sardu. On the way the Ziarat-i-Sultan*
Sayad-Ahmad, a rather famous shrine, is passed.
This road is not open until the first week in
April, and so I put the pass at about 10,000 feet.

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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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