'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [49v] (103/416)
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64 .
No. 17.
Bandar Abbas to Karman, rid Sailahad,
No, of
stage.
DiaTANCR, IN
MILKS.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Rbmabks.
brought us by a rather steep climb to the second “Gudar ” at the same altitude as the first.
This was gained at miles, then down a narrow and rocky defile to the caravansarai of
Khan-i-kuh. This was reached at 11^ miles. (Altitude, 6,570'.) Hence the road leads
down the defile, the road to Baghin branching off to the left directly beyond the caravan
sarai. At 13§ miles an immense plain is reached stretching E.and W., to a vast distance, and
to the N.E., to Akbarabad and Baghin, the former of which is visible from here, 11 miles
distant. At 17| miles a long line of kanat wells is reached, stretching away up and down
the plain as far as can be seen. (Altitude, 5,600'.) At 19| miles another similar line of
Icanats, and an abandoned fort about a mile to the right of the road. The plain up to this
is utterly bare, there is not a tree in the whole of it, now it is clothed with thorns and tufts.
At 23 miles cultivation begins ; and the village of Baghin lies 2 miles to the left at the base
of a mountain which runs N.W. and S.E. The S.E. end of this mountain is close to the
village and a little to the N. of it. At 24 miles an irrigation stream of fresh water. Hence
the road turns sharp round to the E. to the two villages of Akbarabad. The caravansarai is
at the E. one. The villages of Akbarabad are wretched places, where supplies of any sort
are with difficulty procured. The water is good—better than at Baghin. The caravansarai
also is well built, and has one or two rooms in it that are clean. From Mashish to Kaman
the halt might be made at Baghin. The road would be a trifle longer, but Baghin is a lar^e
village with Chaparkhana and supplies.
16
Karman .
13|
379|
5,680'.
i
The march was over a bare, sandy plain where
the going was generally heavy, and progress
rather slower than usual. On the left is a moun
tain whose base is about a mile distant. This is
the end of the mountain above Baghin. The road is now skirting the E. end. To the ri°fit
of the road, the plain stretches a great distance to high mountains. At 5 miles cultivation
begins, and there is a good irrigation stream of clear water. Here also the plain of Karman
begins to open up to the left at the back of the hill we have skirted, the road still over
heavy sand. At 9 miles, a well from which Karman is first visible.
Hence the cultivation is continuous to Karman.
The following alternative route from Ahmadi to Kala-i-Nao {vide stage 8) was traversed
by Abbott.
Dattlatabad
3,450'.
30
IdOl
us about N. N.
a path stony in
Our route from Ahmadi led
W. towards the mountains by
parts. At 1^ miles we entered a deep pass leading
at first N., and here I observed some large fossils,
funnel-shaped and fold within fold ; the pass greatly expanding as we advanced and containing
bushes of various kinds and a few benneh trees. At mile we ascended the rocks by a
difficult and dangerous path, in which some of our baggage mules fell, occasioning us much
delay in unloading and re-loading them ; 8 or 10 minutes would otherwise have sufficed to
take us to the summit, from whence we descended immediately into a small plain, the
surface of which, at first perfectly sterile, was further on sprinkled with tufts and bushes,
but exceedingly stony. The plain stretches E. and W., and is apparently of no great
extent. Our way across it led us N. 30° E. and N. 25° E. to some low hills, where we proceeded
along the dry bed of a salt stream, where fossils resembling a honeycomb are abundant. At
9£ miles we entered a pass through red hills, winding through which, by a gentle ascent, we
cross, at the 14th mile, the valley side and immediately afterwards proceed N. 10° E. over
hills. At the 15th mile we turned off the road to our right to a sulphurous spring of water,
which, though extremely nauseous to the taste, is still used by travellers for want of
better. We continued due N. over the hills for a space, and at the 16th mile proceeded up a
narrow rugged ravine, in direction between 85° and 50°, presently reaching its summit;
thence by a gradual descent 55° E. and N. and down a valley between the points W. by N.
and N. W. by N.to a clump of palms at 17£ miles ; then N. until we entered the plain of
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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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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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