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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [‎144r] (292/416)

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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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2J..i
No. 44.
Karman to Nasirabad (Sistan), vid Khakis and Neb.
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Distancb, in
MILES.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Gudar-i-Bakut
or Shoe Rud .
1,160'.
28
93?
Remabks,
Road level over desert. At 3 mils cross a
stream of slightly brackish water. Masaks
should be finally replenished here, and loads of
. • , , . T , , firewood completed. Camp on hanks ol Shor Rud,
watei intensely salt. No fuel or vegetation of any description.
Kalgosha
(Kalgos).
1,260’.
PoSHTA-I*
•Iaghvir.
2,350'.
Pcshta-t-Panj
Farsakh.
3,180’.
Deh-i-Salm
2,850'.
a kanat.
26£
24’-
24?
22 ?
120 £
144f
169j
191|
Cross kavir, extremely bad travelling. Last
15 miles level road over sand and gravel; no water;
no vegetation.
Level road over sand and
No vegetation.
gravel. No water.
Road as last stage. No water or vegetation.
10
11
Road as last stage. Low easy kotal at 16 miles.
No water or vegetation till Deh-i-8alin, which is
a small village among date plantations. Supplies
„ . < obtainable in moderation. Brackish water from
Haoz near village sometimes contains rain water.
water.
12
Galu Chahak
3,540'.
Chah-i-Tuek .
(Chah-i-mul-
tah Hasan).
3,730'.
No habitations.
Neh
3,700'.
10 |
17|
202J
2194
Good level road all the way.
water. Uninhabited.
Two wells of good
19 238£
Good road over level gravel till a low rooky
tange is crossed. Kotal easy for animals, but
too narrow for wheels. Then 9 miles of good road
over level gravel to stage. Two wells of good
First 11 miles over level ground, gravel, sand
and clay. Then low kotal in clay ridge, last 7
miles over level plain.
13
14
15
16
The remaining stages are on the authority of Lovett and Macgregor.
Aliabad
Bandan
2,452'.
Shand
174
21
27
256
277
304
The road is good, crossing one easy pass. At
7 miles pass well of Khumik. At halting-place
is a village with water and supplies.
The road is through and ovsr two bills and for
two farsakhs down a river-bed with hills on both
sides. This is a village with supplies, but brackish
water.
Road quite level over waste and sand,
from river bed, but no supplies.
Water
Na^rabad . 174 321| The road is quite good over dry bed of lake.
• (Naseatabad). | A town (MacGregor), Route 10 H.l). Napier
fives the following description of road from Bandan (stage 14 above) to Nasrataba'
or Nasirabad.
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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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