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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [51r] (106/416)
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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Routes in Persia,. Section I. Route No. 17-A-2*
Prom Sirjin (Sa.ida.bad) to Rain [vii Baft and Rahbub) ,
Authority and dale ,P. M. Sykes (spring and summer, 1900),
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
Distances.
ReMaeks.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Izzatabad
(about 5,400 ft.)
M lies. M iles.
10
Aliabad
(about 6,COO ft.)
19
29
Husbun
^about 7,< 00 ft.
1G
45
Note —This route, hitherto unexplored, replaces
No. 17-A, which is from native information only,
and also Appendix No. 7, which is circuitous.
The track runs through a desert country, a little
south of south-east from the town, to 3 | miles :
at this point the main road to the coas breaks
off, and the direction changes to nearly due east.
At about 6g miles, Jalalabad is passed, lying
half a mile south of the track. At 7 miles pass
Janatabad. At 8 miles, Imamzada ; this place
has a blue-dome, and a good water-supply. Not
far beyond and a mile to the south is the famous
Kala i-Sang, the ancient capital of Kerman.
Izzatabad is a village of 80 houses under the
Buchakchi.
The march opens with a gentle ascent, Karimabad
being passed at lg miles to the south. At 2g
miles, and also to the south, is a black hill with
a mined shrine to Shah Firuz, near the village of
Shahabad. At 9 miles is Kamkird, an old garden
with fine trees, but there are no inhabitants ;
thence there is a gradual ascent to Aliabad which
is a hamlet with gardens. There are eight fami
lies here. A few miles to the north lies Balvard.
A small district owned by the Buchakchi.
The track ascends a wide wafa known as the Bud-i-
Maruni for three miles when the hamlet of Istcr
is seen to the north. Five miles north of the
road lie the village and district of Zamzirk, and
the village of Farian, both belonging to the
Buchakchi. Further on, and about 2 miles
south of the track, is Rohniz with 10 houses.
After passing one or two more hamlets, the nala
is crossed at nine miles, at Muhammabad.
Thence the track ascends the left hank of the vain
to Khairabad 12 milts, after which it follows
a branch nata to near Hushun, a fortified
village, containing 15 families, wfith orchards
ard a good water-supply. At this point the
postal road to Bunder Abbas branches off.
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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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