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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [‎76v] (157/416)

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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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103
No. 20.
Bushahr to Bandar Abbas.
Distanck, iw
No. of
stage.
MILKS.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
M. F.
M. F.
Bbuabks,
ea*t end is not more than 30 yards broad, the bed of the water-course occupying the whole of
this breadth. At 15 miles 2 furlongs the ravine suddenly trends eastward, and we ascend by
a steep and stony slope to the general level of the valley. The rate of travelling, when tra*
versing these ravines, decreases to 2 miles 2'3 furlongs per hour. The caravansarai and one
cistern of Birka Noh, are both in good repair, and the latter is full of good water. There
is a large extent of open ground about the caravansarai. To north of this open space the
ground is cut up by a net-work of dry water-courses, and mounds covered with grass and
thickets of hanar and other small trees. On all other sides the surface of the valley is much
broken by ravines, low gravelly hills, etc. Wild pigeon plentiful Supplies nil. Water
good, from one large cistern. Fuel plentiful, from kanar bush. Cultivation nil. Grazing
fair. Camping-ground good.
27
Birka Sultan
(Caravansarai)
95’.
14—1
391—
5-4
General direction E. by S. f S. The road,
which is stony, proceeds at first along open
ground ; but this gradually slopes downwards,
till we are passing through a shallow basin with
sloping sides. The road runs along the north side of the ravine, which is 250 yards
broad, and narrows in as we advance, to 70 yards. On the south side the ravine is
bordered by very stony, low, sandstone hills or mounds, 50 to 100 feet high, sloping up at
angles of 10 u to 45°, and at times presenting a cliff-like section. On the north side there is a
low bank gently sloping up to the level of the valley. To the south of the road, the ground
slopes down steeply to the bottom of the ravine. Within 1 mile 7 furlongs, the road
crosses two dry and shallow water-courses, and 2 furlongs further on a small rivulet of
good fresh water, flow of all from north to the bottom of the ravine, which slopes gently
downwards in the direction of the course. At 2| miles the ravine has again widened out,
and is now about 150 yards broad. A glacis-like slope from the level of the valley now
touches the road on the north side. At 3 miles 2 furlongs we twice cross the stony bed, con«
taining water in pools of the stream Shivirawun, that had been running down the ravine,
immediately to south of the track. Within another 200 yards the road passes the caravan-
sarai and cistern of Taki Khani, both of which are in good repair, and the latter full of sweet
water. On the south bank of the stream Shivirawun is a second cistern containing, by
native report, good water. Supolies nil. Water good and plentiful, from a cistern. Fuel
moderate, from small bush. Cultivation nil. Grazing scantv. Camping-ground fair.
At Taki Khani the ravine has steep clitf-like sides, and is from 200 to 250 yards broad.
Half a mile in advance this breadth diminishes to 7<) or 80 yards, and the cliffs give place to
low tumular undulations. After leaving the caravansarai of Taki Khani we pass along the
north bank of the stream Shivirawun, breadth of water, which is saltish, about 30 yards, and
depth 6 inches, banks perpendicular, about 3 or 4 feet high. This stream we twice cross, and
at 4 miles ascend by a steep slope to the level of the valley. The road, now good and hard,
but not excessively stony as it has been hitherto, traverses a vale about half a mile broad,
sparsely covered with short dried up grass, bounded to south by a labyrinth of deep and
broad ravines backed by low ranges of hills, and to north by a spur from Kuh Zad Mahmud,
formed of inclined sandstone strata dipping southward, and called “ Kisbi.” Proceeding
thus for two miles and a half the road becomes stony. At 7 miles 3 furlongs we pass the
caravansarai, and two large cisterns of Kishidari, all in good order, and the latter full of
water. Altitude, 423 feet. The summit of the spur Kishi, to north-east of the caravansarai,
is 430 feet above the ground level of the cisterns. Supplies nil, but might be collected from
surrounding villages. Water good from two large cisterns. Fuel moderate, from kanar,
and other bush in the ravines, 400 yards to south of the caravansarai. Cultivation nil.
Grazing fair, in the ravines. Camping-ground good.
The ground, on the northern side of the spur Kishi, is broken up by a chaos of low
hills, which extend to the foot of the mountain range bounding the north side of the main
valley. Through these low hills, 600 yards to north of the same spur, a stream or water
course, also styled “ Kishi,’’ threads its way, and runs to E. by S.

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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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