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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [‎128r] (260/416)

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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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Q V
211
No. 39A.
Kala Bazupt to Khuramabad.
No. of
stage.
Names of stages,
Distance, in
MILKS.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Remarks.
18 lmar nzada and village of Pir Sar Sahid,* prettily situated in a niche of the Kuh Rita.
u-n ukaivt t0 ° k tiank used by the I:l J at8 » passing along the crest of the Riss a
hill, 8,500. Leaving the hamlet of Birgun in a deep valley on the left at the 8th (lOth P)
Ph l ° £ l 1 )® lar S e 8 P ur fr om the Kuh-i-Rang, and on the stream
Chilhash, at the 10th (12th P) mile. No supplies but an Ilyat encampment close by-
Chashma
BUM.
7,000'.
Sir-
12
100
Track_ ascends the col close to camp known as
the Birigun kotal, and then descends into a long
ravine with torrent for 3£ miles by a zigzag road
, ^ to where another ravine with torrent is joined at a
place replete with trees, affording grateful dark shade from overhanging rock and waterfall
known as birpul (6,800'). Half a mile further the thickly wooded Darra Rasia from the
Kuh-i-Kang is entered, and the track taken up the valley on either side of a rushing stream
for 3 mdes to another favourite camping ground (7,500') at the foot of the ascent to come.
1 his ascent over the mighty spur from the Gartak peak of the Kuh-i-Rang is steep in
parts, but has an excellent mule track, and offers no difficulties to being ridden up on horse
back the whole way. Though only half a mile in horizontal projection, the ascent took | an
hour and^ the top registered 9,200'. The descent is less steep, and the track passes "over
several minor spurs from the main spur, the intervening ravines having springs of excellent
water at the 12th mile. After 5 hours’ march, camp was found in one of the lesser ravines,
where excellent fodder, water and fuel were at hand.
10
Pul-i-Gaukun
6,800'.
10
110
(approx
imate).
tinues down stream for a short way
Continue along the main track over the main por
tion of the Gantak spur. hour’s climb to top of
pass which is 9,680'. Steep in parts, but stoneless.
Descent into the Gaukan valley steep, track con-
and ascends a slippery piece of chalk hill side. On
reaching the top, main track bifurcates, one to north-east up a kotal to the Gurganaki range,
thence to Kalasur, the other goes down the valley to the Pul-i-Gaukun, and then ascends the’
col between the Fardun and the Shahun hill tops. Camp at 1£ miles from the bridge. The
Gaukun stream flows at right angles to all the large Kuh-i-Rang spurs, and at this place has
somewhat receding cultivated banks for 2 miles. This open space is known as Gaukun.
The stream enters this space through a narrow Tangi, and leaves it 2 miles further down
through another one, narrow with perpendicular sides, up to 2,000' high.
11
Gardan-i-Kama-
BUN.
9,500'
Kamarun stream into the Gaukun
117 Up the valley between the Sbahun and Fardun
ranges. The track ascends a spur of the Shahun,
which is separated from the Farduu hill by a
narrow deep gorge, through which flows the
At 1| miles the col of this spur is reached, and a
matkm S - a - yer giVeS th6 followin!? tw0 routes from Sar Sahid to Dizful but without distances, (from native infor-
1st Route taken by Iliats.
1 Sal-i-Kutah, Imamzada and village.
2 /arg, village.
3 Rustak do.
4 Leb or Jam Jamah village.
5 Rezziah do.
6 Tembi, Camping ground.
7 Mowaz
8 Belli! i
9 Sar-i-Bagh
10 Darra-Dara,
11 Bela
12 Sar-Mala
13 Pai-Mala
11 Chah Metina
15 Mian Dezan
1 « Sari-UDasht
17 Dizful
do.
do.
do.
Camp.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
2nd Route taken by a Sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. .
1 Sal-i-Kutah. Imamzada and village.
2 Zarg,
3 Rustak
4 Leb
6 Pir AM.
6 Shnla
7 Kaorkan
8 Pez
9 Dara Kaor
10 Sar Dasht
11 Morbeei ingi do.
12 Dizful do.
village.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
Here the Qaukun joins,
the Biuba.

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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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