'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [60v] (125/416)
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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78
No. 18E.
Baft to Furg.
Distance, in
MILES.
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Remarks.
Taskat
2,490'.
yat, 1,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
.
28
142
Long winding road along the skirts of the \
to the village of Taskat over soft level grot) No
slippery and boggy during rains. Supplies „f
small parties available. Water from wells. JIistage
10
Fubg
3,000'.
14 156 Boad over level plain for one/arsaM, then,
tering the hills it winds through narrow st!
nalas and ravines. One farsakh from F
on a high hill to the south are the ruins of
ancient’fort and city called Kala Balnnan. Furg is a village of 200 houses with large c
groves. Supplies in moderate quantities, and abundance of good water from hills.
No. 18F.
Baft to Khanu (Rudbar). 1
Authority .— Brazier-Creagh, (from Kulantar Ghulam Husen > s informat'w
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Kash-Kuh
(Dasht-ab).
Distancb, iit
MILES.
Inter-
■nediate.
20
Total.
20
Remarks.
Vide Noi 18, page 71.
Soghun .
16
58
Pabiab .
15
73
Gttshk* • 22 42 Boad branches off at 9 miles south of Kash-Kj
as you enter the hills. From this on road n
down a broad valley with lofty limestone hills|
the left and Gushk-Kuh on the right. Gush
a small village, but there are Biyat encampments in vicinity (Mehui tribe). Supplies
small quantities available. Water good from the Bud'i*Gushk. 2
Eoad over hilly track part of the way andt!
over fair going to the village of Soghun, vt
consists of some 40 houses and hashams. St
plies in small quantities procurable. Water fr
kanats.
Boad runs down the shingly bed of the Tanr
Mardan to the village of Zehm Khan; onmr
the road is over level plain. Pariab is a village
50 houses. Supplies in small quantities availai
Gulash Kard
Khanu .
12f
33
85f
118f
Vide No. 18D., page 76.
* Vide No. 43, stages 29 to 19, for fuller description of road from Gusbk to Khanu.
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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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