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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [‎57r] (118/416)

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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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* For road from Saidabad to Rayin vid Baft,vide No. 17A, page 66.
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No. 18.
Bandar Abbas to Kauman, via Baxdatabad and Baft.
[Main Kafila A train of travellers; a caravan; or any large party of travellers. Route.)
No. of
stage.
Distance, in
M I LBS.
Rbmabks.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate-
Total.
10
Kala Kazi
5,500'.
21
157|
Due north over the plain through cultivated
ground at first, and then over undulating bad going,
much cut up by water-courses to the sixth mile.
The broad shallow mouth of the Eohana-i-Gashk
11
Saichtj
HI
169
6,100'.
good water.
is now crossed without difficulty. ■
cult to ford. It is 150 yards wide with sandy bottom, and now (27th April 1894) consists of
some five or six shallow streams. The road onwards runs up the Tang-i-Gili Angur over
sandy going, at 16 miles on the right of the track is a spring of good water, thence the road
winds through limestone and sandstone hills over a shingly track to the village of Kala-i-
Kazi. Supplies in small quantities available, water abundant and good from kanats. Camel
grazing along valley and hill sides.
Camping ground only for small parties, road though difficult could be made practicable
for artillery in a few days.
Eoad runs up a narrow valley over shingly going,
gradual ascent all the way. At four miles the
village of Deh-i-Sard is passed close on the left,
supplies in small amounts are available here, and
Another road to Dasht-Ab runs off from this village over the Gudar-i-Mazar.
It is shorter, but much more difficult than that by which we proceed. The road continues up
this broad valley, which is flanked by lofty hills running nurth and south, the going is over
a winding stony track crossing several shallow nalas.
Saichu is a corruption of Seh Chah (three wells). Formerly there was a small village
and fort here, but they are now in ruins. No supplies, good water and fuel abundant.
Camel grazing plentiful all along the valley.
Eoad runs due north on a gradual rise to the
ninth mile along the same valley as last march.
Here a watershed is crossed, and we descend gra
dually over a good road along the plain of Dasht-
Ab.
Kash-Kuh is a small village of 30 houses. Scattered over the plain are several other
villages. Supplies in small quantities available, with timely notice more could be collected
from the adjacent villages. Several nomad encampments are scattered over the plain, who
graze large flocks. Water good from kanats, camel grazing plentif ul all over the plain which
is fertile and fairly well watered.
12
Kash-Kuh
15
184
6,600'.
13
Baft *
20
204
7,290'.
Quitting Kash-Kuh the road runs in a west by
north direction across the plain over a good allu
vial track for 2| miles. At this point joins in the
road from Deh Zard, over the Gudar-i-M;izar. It
passes by the village of Yakilahad, some 800 yards on our left. The road now runs north
through low hills over a very gradual ascent to the fourth mile. A gradual descent for one
mile brings us to the Rohana-Khara, flowing east. It is now a swift swollen stream, some 30
yards broad and four feet deep, with a rocky and stony bottom. Having forded the river, the
road runs over a grassy bank passing a sweet spring marked by one walnut and three large
willow trees. At miles the large village and gardens of Khara are passed close to the left

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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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