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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [‎146r] (296/416)

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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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24,7
No. 45.
Karman to Shiraz, v>d Abo-bakr or Skahr-i-Babak.
No. of
stage.
Name of stages.
Distance, in
milks.
Inter
mediate.
Total,
Remabks.
uninhabited. Now pass in succession villages of Ali Agha Sayad, Chah and Aliabad. At 10
miles a 2-arched brick bridge across the river Kusuk. During the whole of this inarch
the plain is a mass of cultivation and much intersected by water-courses. Kadamgah is a
platform cut out of the natural rock, and has two easy flights of steps leading up to it. In
front is a pool of deliciously cool clear water.
Across a small plain for B miles, then an easy
pass over a spur of tne hills Then down into
the Marvdasht proper, hugging the hills, in the
bays of which, wherever there was a spring near,
was a wattle and dab village or tjlock tent encampment. At 11| miles the village of Kala
Sayad Ali Naki. At 16^ miles the village of Chatak, where there is cultivation and sweet
water. From here, skirting limestone hills, some Sarsanian sepulchres are passed, cut in
the face of the rock 15 feet above the level of the plain.
15
Pebsepolis
20
327*
(Takht-i-
Jajishid.)
16
17
Zabghun
Shibaz
20
20
347 |
367|
Vide No. 37, Isfahan to Shiraz.
No. 45A.
Bahramabad to Shiraz, via Deh Shuturvn, Abubalcr, Rkaran and Baonit.
Authority .— Gill, Sykes, 1893 .
No. of
stage.
Distance, in
MILKS.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Remarks.
1
Obaf
6,250'.
12
12
> Vide Route 47, stage 4, page 257.
2
God Ahmab
7,20o'.
15
27
)
Crossing spurs of range of hills which lies to
the east of road, at 6 miles cross a fine stream and
ascend to Godar-i-Gozdun (7,600'), at 7 miles des
cend to 8 miles, Kedungo. a hamlet, and again
3
Kadij
HI
38|
ascend and cross the Godar-i-Kadij at 10
| miles, descending to Kadij in valley below.
4
Deh Shutubun .
6,300'.
24
62*
Descend a valley, which, after widening gradually’
closes in at 3 miles. At 7 miles turn north-east and
then over undulating country, afterwards turn
ing due west over a wide plain. At H miles Chah
Khur with good water. Thence
tion of villages.
onwards through rich pasturage to Deh Shuturun, a collec-
5
Kala Kasim
22
84*
At 8 miles Deh Ali Naki, a small village with
good water. At 11 miles Hasara, 2 miles to left.
At 12 miles quit the main Abubakr road, and
turn almost due west. At 13 miles Deh Zanudiu,
a large village. Proceed through a very fei tile district with numerous villages on either
hand, having Abubakr (or Shahr-i-Babak) to the north.

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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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