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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [‎135v] (275/416)

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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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226
No. 42A.
Ramishk to Manujan.
No. of
stage.
Distances, in
miles.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Remarks.
3
Takadae .
10
37
Road level to stage in the waterless desert.
4
Kalat Malik
20
57
Road level, passing Chah Zardar at 10 miles,
where there is a well of sweet water, as also at
Kalat Malik.
5
Do Chahian .
25
82
Excellent road, passing a well at Dar Kishtig
(13 miles). A well at Do Chahian.
6
Chah Reza
23
105
March across the same plain, passing the well
of Chah Ramadan at 11 miles.
7
Tamkambeei
23
128
At 12 miles, well of Tamgeran. The road still
lies across the Wei plain.
8
IsPEDKAMBIL .
25
153
At 12 miles the stage of Kahnishan, on the
banks of a river, and near a mountain range.
Ispedkambil is a desert stage.
9
Manujan
15
168
Fair road to large fort of Manujan, which is the
head of one of the three districts of Rudbar.
This road takes a w : de detour, as the mountains
are impassable for camels.
No. 43.
Jask to Karman, via Anglnnan, Marz, Khav-i-Ali, Khanu and Ray'm.
Authority. — Massy and A. Medley, June 1894).
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Distance in
milks.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Remarks.
Koik (Qukk)
12f
12 |
Road sandy, bends runnd towards west with shore
of west Bay and forms almost a semicircle from
telegraph office to Old Jask. During 4th and 5th
miles road crosses four shallow muddy tidal
estuaries. Dangerous going for camels. At 5 miles, road passes through succession of
undulating sand hills covered with camel thorn and small tamarisk bushes until, at 8 miles,
Old Jask is reached, a village of about 100 huts of palm stalks and mattir g with an old
ruined fort. A little cultivation; 300 head of cattle. No supplies. Water from two
small wells, under fort to east, muddy but sweet. Wei s 5' d'ameter, 8' deep with 6" to
1 *2'' water. Mosquitoes troublesome. From Old Jask road mns north-east across sandy
plain covered with camel thorn and shrubs for 4 miles where Koik ? ala is reached, now dry,
about 200 yards broad. Direction south-west. Fanks 40' high. Clumps of tamarisks
in bed. Descend left bank of nala for 200 yards. Then up bed for 1,000 yards on bearing
of 43°. Koik consists of a few miserable huts of tamarisk branches. No supplies. No
cultivation. A few flocks of goats and sheep. Fairly good camel grazing. Water scanty,

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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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