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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [95v] (195/416)
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 road from Diiful to Pul-i*Kul, see No. 29B, page 152.
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No. 28.
Chahbar to Kej, via Bahau Kalat and Tump.
Authority ■ —Kinnkir.
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Distan
Mil
Inter
mediate.
CK, IN
jKS.
Total.
Bbmabks.
1
Naooe
48
48
Country rather hilly. One or two ravines
2
(Niguar ?)
Bauau Kalat .
40
88
crossed.
Country rather hilly. One or two ravines
crossed.
3
Peshin .
40
128
Country hilly. Water abundant, vide Route
No. 5. stage 1.
4
Mand
18
146
Country hilly. A small village and fort here.
5
Tttmp . .
19
165
Small village and fort.
6
Nasirabad .
20
185
A village. Water plenty and good.
7
Kej (Kech)
20
205
Country hilly. Water abundant.
No. 29.
Dizful* to Burujird.
=j
Distance, in
MILES,
Bbhabks.
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
From Dizful to Buru]ird there is only one road pracucame im troop*, w.uou
below. There is a pathway (see stage 3 below) leading direct to Khuramahad, but it is only
practicable to footmen. The same remark applies to the several alternative portions ot the
route described below:—
Bala Bud . 16 16 Cross the Ab-i-Diz by a brick bridge of 21
arches, 430 yards long. Then over the Sahra-i-
Lur, a cultivated but treeless plain, by a hard
broad road. At 6 miles Salihabad, a small mud
village surrounded by irrigated fields. At 12 miles cross the dry bed of a river 200 yards
wide The plain now becomes stony and slopes upwards ; enter low hills about 14 miles.
At 15 cross grassv undulations, about 1 mile S W. of Kala Kasim, the same probably as
Rawlinson’s Kala-i-Tangawan. Strike the Bala Hud at 16 miles. The river here is 100
vurds wide and flows in a deep bed with steep hanks; the bed is of pebbles and boulders.
The descent to the river is easy, and usually it is easily fordable ; after ram it will be rapid
and about 3' deep. Kemains of a bridge, a short distance below the ford. Good grazing on
the banks of the river. Preece made ibis stage 13 miles. He passed 2 large water tanks at
9 miles, one being in good repair and quite full.
2 IX.ALA Husaina.
12 28 Cross the river and ascend the opposite bank
by a steep (%) but broad path. At 2 miles skirt
a deep ravine into which a difficult descent. At
, 4 miles road becomes fairly good over gentle
undulations. At 5 miles a rocky and somewhat difficult ridge ; then over rather swampy
ground lor 2 or 3 miles, numerous streams. At 8 miles descend by difficult, winding, rocky
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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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