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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [142r] (288/416)
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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239
No. 43
Jask to Karman, vid Ancjhurcni, Marz, Rhan-i-Ali, Khanu and Rayin.
No. of
Names of stages.
Distance, in
miles. #
Remarks.
stage.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
A few huts on far (right) bank forming village of Gehu. 2 miles off river Gnrueh meets
and falls into Gehu. River Gilawi, to the east.of Sardn, said to be the principal river into
wldch they all eventually fall. Water in river good. Camping ground on either bank for
small force, a little fuel available. Leave river Gehu flowinir south-east and start up a dry
naht with low bills on either side, valley gradually narrows to 200 ^’'ds. At miles reach
small tank supplying kanat with good water. Path oil to left from village of Guzu on
banks of Gehu river. Small burial ground on right. Kuh Hazar visible in front running
north-west to south-east. Road ascends. Tufts of cfarwacm plant but n thing else. At 6
miles path off to left from Kai yab-ul-Arah. At 65 miles hills begin to lie back and valley
widens. At 7 miles limit of S irdu and beginning of Kayin territory. Reach top of Shura
kotal and descend the other side. At 8 miles path off 5 right to village of Narat containing
few huts and a &araa£ ; water said to b ‘ good. After this valley narrows again. Road
ascending At 10 miles hills on right fall away and disclose open plain of Ravin. Down
into open plain of Ravin, at edge of which spring of good water under a solitary tree.
Cross plain and reach big town of Rayin.
41 j Kabman . | 55 I 606 I Vide No. 1, stages 4 to 6.
No. 43A.
Marz to Anghuran.
Authority. —Brazier-Creagh, 1894, 'f 10 m native information).
No. of
stage.
Distance, in
miles.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Remarks.
1
Dakanar
10
10
Hamlet of 10 houses. Dates and a small amount
of cultivation. Supplies scant. Water from well;
fuel obtainable. Road over hills.
2
Kir Miz Shah .
11
21
Hamlet on river ; 12 bouses. Small amount of
cultivation ; dates. Supplies scant; fuel and water
abundant. Road through bill; fair track.
3
Birk Khaun .
12
33
Hamlet of 15 houses on the same river as above.
Dates and a small amount of cultivation. Sup
plies scant. Water and fuel abundant. Road
through hills and along river bed.
4
Kora Chun
10
43
Hamlet of 20 bouses on same river as Anghuran.
Dates and small amount of cultivation. Supplies
in moderate amounts procurable. Fuel and good
water en route-
5
Anghuban
12
55
Large village and fort. Chief town of Basha-
kird district. Cultivation and dates. All sup
plies procurable, etc. Maliyat, 1,080
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
.
Villages in district: Darkun Pathak, Kahkan,
Jag, Asfund, Amhan, Shah Wak.
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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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