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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [‎50v] (105/416)

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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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66
No. 17 A.
Saidabad to Rayin (Rain), via Baft and Rahbur.
Distanob, iir
No. of
stage.
MILES.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Rbhabks.
distance from here, on the right of the road, is said to be a famous ziarat of one Shah Firoz,
Izzatabad is a village of 40 houses with gardens and cultivation, supplies in moderatequan.
tities procurable ; water abundant and good.
Level and good road across the open p/ a / n
Hus bun is a village of 100 houses with cu]f;i va .
tion and large flocks. Revenue 1,000 t<m m ,
Supplies in moderate quantities procurable, Water
abundant and good.
Road runs over level plain, good going all tW
way.
Road runs due east over good level track. At
1^ the Rud*i-Kaskin is crossed, a rapid stream of
some 20 yards broad and two feet deep (22mi
April), which becomes unfordable during rainsaoj
village of 100 houses with gardens and cultivatioi
Supplies in fair quantities procurable ; water good and abundant.
Hushun .
19
39
Baft
7,290'.
15
54
Bezenjan
14
68
when the snows melt. Bezenjan is a
Rahbue
7,620'.
15
83
Road through a narrow valley between the Mil,
good going all the way. Rahbur is a largevil
lage and capital of a small district of the sai:
, name; it separates Baft from Sardu. ifa/w
6,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. . The district contains a considerable amount of cultivation, and the inhabitr
own large flocks of sheep and cattle. The following villages are in the district and payi
Maliyat of 4,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. : T’ezenjan, Lark, Angirk, Gezni, Naviz Sagrin, Jarahimal*
Jowaran, Daramazar, Karfkuh, Buland.
9
Rayin
56h
139i
Vide No. 43, stages 35 to 38.
No. 17B.
Juwun to Saidabad, via Darab.
Authority .— Sykes, 1894, { from native information').
Distance, in
miles.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Rehabks.
Juwun is a district of Laristan, situated about Lat. 28° 10', Long. 53° 40'. Fiesta;
10, Route No. 54.
1
Kusu
30
30
At 3 miles enter hills ; water procurable fr®
ponds and wells. At 15 mile enter plain aga-
and continue over it to Kusu. Vide Route No.«
stage 13.
2
Daeab
16|
46|
Vide Route No. 53, page 283.

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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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