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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [166v] (337/416)
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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286
No. 54.
Mughu Bay [went of Liugah) to Shiraz, via Lar and Jahrum.
Authority — Jones.
No. of
etage.
Distance, in
MILES.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Rehabks.
For description of Mughu Bay, vide “Persian Gulf Pilot” and Route No. 52-A.
stage 2, page 280.
1
Mabbagh
18
18
Six hours. The road is over undulating ridges
and through passes. Water is obtained from
springs and wells. No supplies.
2
Ruknabad
21
39
Seven hours. The road is first over an undu
lating plain and then through precipitous passes.
Water is obtained from wells and springs. No
supplies.
3
Bastak
Ahl or Ishka-
NAN.
No supplies.
12
51
Four hours. The road after quitting the higher
tracts enters open country. Water obtained
from wells. Camp in an open desert. From this
a road branches to a considerable village called
4
Baibam .
18
69
Six hours. The road goes through an open
country with one pass over a ridge. Water ob
tained from wells. Camp in an open desert. No
supplies.
5
Fedak
18
87
Six hours. The road is over an open country
and low passes. Water obtained trom wells.
Camp in an open desert. No supplies.
6
Sahra-i-Fas-
KHAN.
18
105
Six hours. The road goes through an open coun
try. Water is obtained from wells and a small
rivulet. Camp in an open desert. No supplies.
7
Lab
21
126
Seven hours. The road is over an open country
with low passes and slight ridges.^ The only
water is obtained from rain collected in reservoirs
or tanks. Its bazars are tolerably well supplied
with the ordinary necessaries of life. Camels are abundant in this district.
8
Bibes
21
147
Seven hours. The road is over the open country
generally, but a few passes over low ridges are met
with. Water is procurable from wells and springs.
Camp in an open desert. No supplies.
9
Babaru .
18
165
Six hours. The road is over an open country
generally. Water obtained from wells. Camp in
an open desert. No supplies.
10
JUYAM or JuWtTN
*
18
183
Six hours. The road is over an open country
generally. Water obtained from wells. Camp in
an open desert. A few supplies procurable. For
description of route from here to Saidabad (on the
Bandar
Abbas to Karman route) vid Darab, vide Route 17-B.
*
For road from Juwun to Yazd-i-Khast. vide No. 16.
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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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