'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [92r] (188/416)
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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* For roads from Bahau Kalat to Irafshan, Sarbaz, Kasartand, Geh and Guattar, vide pages 174—176,
/
139
No. 25B.
Ispaka to Pahraj or Pahura.
Authority .— SUM , 1894.
No. of
stage.
Distance, in
miles.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Remarks.
1
Mushkuh .
18
18
Road round the foot of the low hills
in the desert.
to spring
2
Pahraj, Pahuba
or Fahraj.
35
53
Enormously long stage across the sand without
a drop of water, until the Bampur river is reached.
The road then passes through Gandum Khan to
Fahraj.
No. 26.
Chahbar (Charbar) to Gtjattar and Gwadar.
Authority . —Sykes and Brazier-Crragh, 1894; Haji Abdul Nabi.
No. of
stage.
Distance, in
MILES.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
1
Kejedap .
13
13
2
Kachu
12
25
3
Bibbs
10
35
4
Pashat or Pasa
12
47
5
Guattar .
11
58
Remarks.
Eoad over sandy track at first; then over un
dulating going and slight descent.
Knchan and Mashak hamlets are passed rn route.
Water from wells ; supplies scant.
Road over good going ; water from wells at
Tiskopan or Kachu. Supplies scant.
Road practically along shoreway ; good going.
Telegraph line passed, also hamlets of Niger and
Rodi ; supplies scant ; water from wells.
Road continues over level going. No supplies ;
water can be obtained from wells at Tali or Fasa
Bandar.
Road over level going. No water en route.
This is the regular
kafila
A train of travellers; a caravan; or any large party of travellers.
route.
Supplies are scant at all hamlets on the Dasht
but a moderate amount may be obtained. Water
which is got from wells, is ntot a good supply, being obtained from shallow unprotected wells
which should always be viewed with suspicion.
Jiyani . . 20? 78? Proceed 20 miles to port Jiyani over a good
(Jiunri ?) level road without water, passing the Darahun hill
and the Nihawang Khaur.
Gwadar . . 18? 96? Eighteen miles E. (by the map this is at least
50 miles) over a level road, passing Kbaur-i*pish-
kan and several huts of Baluchis.
There is another road, running N. of this, through Rudi Sigari, Kauri and Falari.
20?
78?
18?
96?
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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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