Skip to item: of 416
Information about this record Back to top
Open in Universal viewer
Open in Mirador IIIF viewer

'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [‎82r] (168/416)

This item is part of

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. .

Transcription

This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.

Apply page layout

* For routes from the Bushahr road towards the coast, *ee page 127.
119
<g2)
No. 22.
Bushahr to Niriz, via Jahrum and Fasa.


Distanor, in
MILKS.
No, of
stage.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Totaj.
Rbmabks.
Kolpazanum
12£
98£
PASS.
still very rough and stony. At of miles another nala,i\\e bed of which is followed for about
200 yards, very bad going here and for the next mile while crossing the high ground, but
might be vastly improved by removing the loose stones which are thickly scattered over it.
A small brackish stream crossed at 7* miles, flowing into a larger one, which follows the
line of road closely for some distance on the south side, and is fringed with a growth of
high rushes. Gradual, but steady, descent now commences down to valley of Kumryakh.
Ranges of hills about a mile oflfon either hand running nearly parallel. Level valley
reached at 8 miles, triangular in shape, surrounded by hills, covered with scattered
bushes and cultivation. Road through valley up to village very easy and good. Village of
Kumryakh, only 15 houses. Moderate supplies. Cows, sheep, barley, bhusa and firewood.
Plenty of camping ground. Water good.
Road at first very good, and leads along valley
east to foot of low range of hills, which it
ascends by a very rough stonv track. Fairly
easy gradient. Top of pass at If miles. Ruined
caravansurai nearly buried in sand. Descend from here by gentle slope towards the
next pass seen in the distance. Road, broad, level, and good. A fine plain stretches
away to the north-west. Country, a desert, but ruins here and there show signs of a former
population. A village named Bermar lately existed near here. Road rounds the end of an
outlying rocky ridge at 5f miles, and from now on condition becomes worse and worse.
At 6 miles steep ascent commences to top of pass. Great masses of rock and loose stones
everywhere. Rate of marching slow; totally unfit for guns. Average gradient 7°. This
side of the range of hills precipitous and inaccessible cliffs. Top of pass reached at 8 f
miles. Descent from here for first mile good and easy going though stony in places.
Bottom reached at lOf miles. A small stream crossed, water of which fair. Road now
crosses a rocky ridge running down centre of valley, and then ascends the opposite range,
zigzagging up, steep and very bad, unfit throughout for field guns. Rate of marching, even
for very small body of troops, would not exceed 2 miles an hour. At entrance to
Kolpzaanum pass ruined caravansarai and spring of excellent water with stream for
animals. Very little camping ground, as ground is much broken. Firewood obtainable in
small quantities. No inhabitants anywhere near. Height about 3,600 feet.
Fibuzabad.*
20 |
119
Road through Kolpazanum pass narrow, leading
over great boulders of rock, difficult throughout
and impassable for field guns. Passage of this
place would greatly retard march of troops.
Barely room in places for one loaded mnle to pass.
Road,emerges from defile at | mile, and keeps along high ground on that side of the
range of hills. Condition fairly good. Commence to descend at 1§ miles, but presents no
difficulties. Pass deserted site of village of Dashtakht-i-siah at 3j- miles. Enter hills at
miles by narrow rocky defile | mile long; high precipices on either hand. Rate of
marching slow. Ascent now commences. Fairly easy, moderate gradient, but too narrow
and rocky for guns, and rate of marching would not exceed 2 ^ miles an hour till
plain on far side is reached. Spring of good water at 7 miles flowing across road, which is
very narrow here. Gradient 14°. Top of pass at 9 miles. A small plateau with a few
stunted trees and bushes dotted over it. Condition here good. Descent to Firuzabad plain
presents very little difficulty. Plain reached at II 5 miles. Road winds across it, keeping
direction east. This part of plain quite uncultivated, stony, and covered with low green
shrubs. Small village of Deh-i-darm at 16£ miles, from here on most extensive cultiva
tion and irrigation, crops being gram, rice, and barley. Camps of Iliyats about here, with
some fine flocks ; grazing good and country well watered and fertile. River is crossed
18 miles, about 60 yards broad, gravelly and stony bed. About I 5 feet of water in it.

About this item

Content

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.

Physical characteristics

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.

Written in
English in Latin script
View the complete information for this record

Use and share this item

Share this item
Cite this item in your research

'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [‎82r] (168/416), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F111/369, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100025705310.0x0000a9> [accessed 29 March 2024]

Link to this item
Embed this item

Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.

<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100025705310.0x0000a9">'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [&lrm;82r] (168/416)</a>
<a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100025705310.0x0000a9">
	<img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000001491.0x000111/Mss Eur F111_369_0168.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
IIIF details

This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000001491.0x000111/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images

Use and reuse
Download this image