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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [168v] (341/416)
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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290
No. 55.
Muhammerah to Dizhjl, via, Shustar, Land Route.
No. of
stage.
Distance, in
miles.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Bemabks.
in which case the country round is nearly water-logged and a few families from Shustar
move out to a hamlet, called Drimtche, to cultivate. At 14 miles another reservoir or cistern.
At Kovnak, 50 Bakhtiari families.
11 Dizful . . 16^ 173i Cross a stream, only holding water in the
660'. spring time. At 8 miles reach Shahabad on
bank of canal. At 10 miles Sija Mansew. Cross
several canals, good road to Dizlul. (Schindler.)
Town clean compared to Shustar. No opium but much indigo grown ; 1,000 camel
loads sent inland yearly. Population 20,000. (Wells.)
No. 55A.
Muhammerah to Dizful, vii Shustar by Rivers Karun and Biz.
Authority .— Butterworth, 1888 ; Curzon, 1890; Wells, 1881.
Distancb, in
No. of
stage.
MILES.
Names of stages.
Inter- m
mediate. ^ ot,a ^
Rbmabks.
The navigation of the Karun river is very simple compared with that of the Tigris
as the channel of the former is more permanent and less subject to variations in the posi
tion of the sand banks than is the case with the latter. The season of high water com
mences about the middle of November and lasts till about the end of July ; the rises from
snow-water being higher and lasting longer than the more sudden rain rises from Novem
ber to February inclusive ; the rain rises or freshets are generally followed by a small fall.
Kui ISMAILIA
Kut-ul-Amaba
practicable by a rain rise of 18". From
is reported as being 6 to 7 knots per hour.
In November 1888, before the snow rise had
commenced, only 4' to 4’5' of water was found
right across the river except close under either
bank where the depth ranged from 6' to 8'.
At the same season, between the large island,
near the loft bank, and the right bank, only
3’ to B’S' were found and the passage of the steamer
(the Arab, drawing 4’5') was only rendered
here up to Ahwaz the current in the high season
(Note. —This must be an exaggeration : 12' per second would render the navigation
impossible.)
According to Curzon the velocity of the stream is put at 4 to 5 miles per hour in flood,
and at 1 to If at low water, which is more credible.
Kct Abdulla .
A depth of 4' to 4 , 5' was found across the line
of sunken stone buildings in mid-channel.
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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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