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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [136r] (276/416)
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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227
No. 43.
Jask
No. of
statfe.
to [vAK.vfAN, vta Amjhtbr<». , Marz, Khun i - Ali t Kha >> u and liat/in.
Lusbance, im
MILES.
Names of stages.
Rkuahks.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
from shallow wells under right bank of nala.
which is good and sweet. Time taken hours.
Camp in bed of
Chawang
(Jawing) river.
Wells 5' deep, 3' broad, with 6" water.
15
27:
About 300 yards from Koik road turns north
wards, and at 2 miles slopes up left bank for 700
yards Very difficult for camels. Kocky steps.
At 2g miles reach large plateau 1 mile long, £
mile broad. Road bifurcates. To right for footmen and laden mules. To left for camels.
In fork rises solitary rock 40 1 )' high called Gatinalaka. Roads again meet 500 yards
beyond hill. Half-a-mile further on, road covered with boulders and out up by rain
channels. After 6th mile road comparatively level till Tojai is reached at 9th mile. No
dwelling places, cultivation, supplies or camel grazing. Small spring under rock 200
yards to west of ca up 8' broad, 6 ( deep, 4" of water. After 1 mile in west direction
cold weather Icafila ground is reached, and the
kafila
A train of travellers; a caravan; or any large party of travellers.
road is struck running almost due
north and south. At 11| miles cross a small kotal descending into the Kululu nala*
On north side of nala is a most difficult and rocky ascent barely practicable for camels
rising some 20o' and forming the Charpak kotal. From this the general direction of
road is north-west. Road over clay hills cut up by water courses, full of boulders and rocks.
The road now becomes more level; a path branches off 3-0° to the Sharifi river by
Girishkin. Then zigzags for | mile north-east, | mile east and | mile north-east. At
13j- miles the road drops into Kolombari nala and runs due east in nala bed, and
i olio wing an easterly course arrives in bed of Cbawang river. No inhabitants, or supplies.
Fair camel-grazing. Water scarce and brackish, obtained by digging shallow excavations
in sand of river bed. Fed of river 100 to 150 yards wide. Rocky cliffs 80’ high. In
rainy season, owing to floods, kajilas have occasionally to bait one week here. Time taken
7^ hours.
Buding
12
north-east and north-west towards
39r
General bearing of road north-east, 39°. Rises
steadily for 3 miles up to Mangora pass through
stony and confined country. The pass is about
1,500’ high and mile long. Deep gorges running
iJagin River. Hoad then drops down into Waruf nala
in north-east direction for ^ mile. Then east for g mile, finally leaving Waruf and
following north-east direction until it strikes Shawaz nala and with it emerges into
broad valley of the Jagin river, which is 60 yards broad and 2' to 2' 6" deep. Signs of
recent floods. Sloping stony banks. Rate of current 3 miles an hour. Said to be unford-
able in rainy season for a week at a time, damn on north bank. No supplies. Camel
grazing to north-west. Water good and sweet. Time taken 5 hours.
Northerly course across plain covered with tama
risk bushes. Enter low hills at 1 mile. Road
plunges into labyrinth of nalas for 3f miles in
north-north-west direction, gradually rising to
wards Tarian kotal. Slight descent for | mile and
then emerge on to stony plateau. Clumps of long dry grass. At 5| miles reach
Jlahriki river running north-north-east. Very steep and high banks. Now dry. Then
into another labyrinth of nalas and hills, road almost due east for 2 miles and north-east
for y mile. At 7f miles enter large nala running north-east. Road in bed of nala for
2 miles. No water here, nor between this and Kamsholak. Time taken 3 hours, 20
minutes.
4
Camp in jungle
9f
49i
long
Camp Shan
2,500'
13
62 i
Road runs north-east by east for 2 miles up same
nala, gradually rising towards the Sai-i-Sham
pass through the Reman range and twice crossing
river bed. The Sar-i-Sham pass is about one mile
Hills about 2,500' to east of pass, 1,400' or 1,5(J0', on west side. Road falls rapidly
T 2
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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)
- Arrangement
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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