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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [‎86r] (176/416)

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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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127
No. 22B.
Darab to Jahrum.
No. of

Distance, in
miles.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
stage.
Total.
3
Jahbum .
30
75
Proceeding from Nasirabad cross low hills, ex
tending into the plain from the west, and enter
the district of Jahrum. At the 4th mile pass
the village fort Kushkuh, and at the 7th, round
the hills to the right, and, quitting mis corner of the plain, enter a broad valley. The 8th
mile brought us past the small village Kamshi, and ^ a mile beyond to the ruins of the
village Cbahar Tagh. ^ .
After this the valley expands, and another plain is entered, and at the 10f mile
Bab Arab is reached. The eastern half of this plain is uneven and extremely stony; the
length is from east to west. The 25th mile brought us near the village'Haidarabad.
No. 22C.
Boutes from Bushahr-Firuzabad road towards the coast.
I _The ordinary coast route from Abram vid, Khurmij along the low lying ground
under the mountain ranges. .
XI.—Into the Kahviz valley .—The character of this valley is peculiar, lying between the
high Khurmij range and another precipitous range. The intervening space is filled up by
a succession of sharp limestone ridges, gradually decreasing in height towards the centre of
the valley. Numerous streams, many of them salt, flow between the ridges, and drain down
to Ahram.
The village of Kahviz is situated high up on east slope of Khurmij, perfectly concealed
among the lower underfeatures. A fine stream of fresh water flows past it, and most ex
tensive date plantations are situated in the hollows of the hills around it. There is excel
lent grazing in the ravines about the streams and fair supplies. Some 50 cattle and 300
sheep. Bhu*a, barley,dates, and firewood. About 120 donkeys available for transport
purposes. The small village of (lashi, about 1 mile distant, is really an outlying part of
Kahviz. There are about 200 houses in the two villages. These are the only inhabited
places in the valley. The gardens of Mydun on the opposite side also belong to Kahviz
but no one lives there.
All the routes through this valley are mere foot tracks, though it is possible with
difficulty to get a loaded mule over some of them. Cavalry and artillery would be quite
useless here. The only arm that could move and act efficiently would be infantry.
Kahviz is reached from Ahram by two tracks —
(1) Branching off to the right from main road almost immediately after leaving
Ahrain, ascends the hills towards the peak of Khurmij, and zigzags up and
down among the ridges. Narrow, steep, and toilsome throughout. Fit only
for foot traffic. No fresh water obtainable. Kahviz reached at 16 miles.
(2) A slightly easier route obtained by keeping to the main road from Ahram, a
little further up the gorge. This is two miles longer, but has the advantage
of fresh water being obtainable during its latter part.
From Kahviz there are tracks—
(1) To Lava, connecting there with route along the coast, said to be only 4|
farsakhs distant, but so difficult as to be only passable on foot.
(2) To Tahluk, distant 13 miles. This track crosses the valley to Mydun date grove.
Thence by the steepest (gradient in places 22°), roughest, and most difficult
pass I have ever seen, loaded mules cross to Tahluk near Tang-i-zard on the
main route.

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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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