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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [‎168r] (340/416)

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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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289
m
No. 55.
Mtjhammerah to Dizpul, via Shudar, Land Route .
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Distance, in
hiles.
Remabks.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
9
Shustab
410'.
21
137
Road skirts the river, here 70 yards wide. At
7 miles cross a small irrigation canal and traverse
well irrigated country. At 9 miles pass a white
tower, known as the Sahib-ul-Nabbi. At 10 miles
10
village of Khoid-Buleh; 1| miles further on another village (Bunar); at 13 miles cross a
small canal. At 14 miles reach the wharf, where boats generally discharge their
cargoes for Shustar. Pass Shilili and Mahi-hazan. At 18 miles the road goes through
a cutting and then over some undulations, giving a good line of defence facing south.
Then through another cutting about 600 yards long and into the well-cultivated plain ot
Shustar. The ground is much broken up by ravines and canals, cross the bridge of Shah
Ali (60'long and 12'broad) and then the Pul-i-Lashkar of 8 arches. The road, generally
speaking, on this stage is narrow and bad. Mackenzie made this distance only 106 miles
which reference to the map shows to be too little, otherwise his route corresponds with the
above.
Ab-i-Bid . . 18 1 155 Leave Shustar by the bridge over the Ab-i-
600'. Shateit, 15' wide and 600 yards long, then over
stony ground to a break in the hills of Fedalak
which form a narrow gap, through which the
road goes by a steep mule-path. Easy descent to the rich plains of Akili. The road down
is about 12' wide and generally good. At 7 miles the road goes through a cutting 7 wide
and 600 yards long, on emerging from which the Bakhtiari country is entered. Wheat
cultivation now commences. Cross several small canals and streams. Ab-i-Bid is a small
fortified village, the winter residence of the Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. of the Bakhtiaris. Water good and
plentiful from a stream.
11 Dizfttl . . 18 173 Over a gentle undulating pasture land. At
660'. 4 miles Sar-i-Besha; a ruined enclosure. Low
hills skirt the plain, here about 3 miles wide.
At 5 miles cross a broad pebbly river-bed with
a shallow narrow stream trickling through. At 12 miles ford another stream, then over
a richly cultivated gently undulating country to Dizful. The best camping ground lies
to the north of the bridge near the Prince’s pleasure house.
A railway from Muhammerah to Dizful via Shustar could be easily and rapidly made.
There are no engineering obstacles en route. (Plant, 1893.)
Schindler and Mackenzie give the following alternative stages for Nos. 1 to 4, up the
left bank of the river :
1 Sablah . . 18 ( 18 Cross the river opposite the customs house and
follow up left bank.
Follow the river for 6 miles over undulating
country. Then quit the river which is rejoined
at camp.
Across desert near banks of river. A village
of 300 houses.
Good road. Cross four sandstone ridges, 20' to
25' high. At 11 miles the village of Moran.
The following is given as an alternative for stages 10 and 11 above, on the authority of
Wells.
Sablah .
18
18
Ali-Bu-Husain
12
30
Samaznia
20
50
Amiba
m
67*
10
Kovnak .
20|
157!
450'.
Cross the Fedalak range of hills N. W. of
Shustar, and descend to reservoir fed by a spring
at 1\ miles. Further on cross disused canals
which only hold water in the spring sometimes.
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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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