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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [80v] (165/416)
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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Bush ah r to Mu h ammer ah, via Bandar T)ilam.
No. of
Names of stages.
Distancb, in
MILES.
Rbmabks.
stage.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
10
Dobak or
Faiahiah.
20
224
As far as village of Jangereh, 10 miles over a
plain crossing the Nahr-al-jabar at 6 miles by a
ford up to horse’s girths. Thence in boat by
Jangereh canal (passing villages of Elboneim and
Kotasha) and then by the Jaralu and JSahr-al-
Falahia rivers. Supplies, fuel, water, and forage
procurable here. Very unhealthy.
The usual way of going between these places
is by boat down the Nahr-al-Falahia and
Bahmishir. The country is under water except in
the hot weather, and not practicable for troops.
11
Muhammebah .
40
264
No. 21A.
Borasjan to Bandar Big.
Authority .— McGowan, March 1895.
Distance, in
miles.
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total,
Rxmabks.
1
Deh-i-Kona
28
28
Road firm and easy for animals. Crossed river
Daliki at 8 miles, and river Khisht at 12 miles.
These two join further S. forming river Askari.
2
Bandar Rig
28
66
Road very good for 17 miles, when salt river is
crossed, after which it was muddy but nor at all
difficult to get through. Here joins main road.
McGowan made the stages from here to Bandar
Dilam as follows:—Kanawar, 14 miles ; Hissar, 24 miles; Bandar Dilam, 16 miles.
No. 22.
Bushahr (Bushire) to Niriz. via Jahrum and Fasa.
Authority Stotherd, 1893.
Distance, in
MILES.
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
1
Gubak.*
140'.
16
16
Remabks.
Road crosses low sandy ground between Bushabr
and mainland ; in hot season quite dry. There
are three main tracks across, chief one of which
follows the telegraph line. Water only lies here
in the rainy season. At miles road branches
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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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