'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [170r] (344/416)
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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293
No. 56.
Regan to Minab.
Authority — J knnings,
April
1885
No. of
stage.
Distance, in
milbs.
Names of stages.
I uter-
mediate.
Total.
1
Dorampi river.
3,022'.
18
18
Rbmakks.
Through cultivation, pass Sangabad, vailed
village, mile to east. At 3^ miles cultivation,
ceases, road passes into desert ot clay covered with
black gravel, and pass head of Maidan karez.
^ miles moss anuuier rmu t U en a branch of Kilgar river 100 yards wide. Cross
two more branches of same river and at 6 miles cross main stream, -4 miles wide. Ki gar
and Konarnai rivers unite down stream from this to N.E. and disappear in the Shorgaz Hamun
or desert). Cross several more branches of Kilgar river, and at 7^ miles cross fust bran^ 1
of Konarnai river and after crossing several more of same river reach main stream at ->
miles, \ mile wide. Ascend stony ground and continue through stony ravines- _
miles commence ascent of Dorarapi river-bed, 1 mile wide with steep banks. Dorampi river
also unites with Konarnai to N. E. Camp on grassy plain on left bank. Running s ream
of perennial water; good grazing. Road tit for guns throughout, but liable to inun a ion
near the Kilgar and Konarnai rivers.
Dahan-i-Abbas
Alt.
3,526'.
16;
made fit for guns. At
34| For | mile E., diagonally down stream. Then
S. up large tributary, plain 1| mile wide on
| left; good grazing. Leave nala to right, and
( ( at 9 miles reach Gazu Hari, a halting place
where the three streams which form the Dorampi river unite. Good spring of water; grass
and grazing. Proceed up the easternmost of the three streams, called Gishu Khaur, plateau
on either side of valley. Water to be found up tributary stream. Halt at junction of Gorai
Khwar with Gishu Khanr. Eight to 10 miles up former is Gorai village. At Dahan-i-Abbas
Ali is a famous zinrat. Sweet, running, perennial water ; grass, wood and grazing. Valley
some 300 yards wide. Route much trequented ; flocks numerous.
3 Mil-i-Fakhad, 13f 48! Pass Darunda village one mile to right up a
3 04,6'. branch nala ; cultivation and perennial water;
sheep and cattle owned by villagers. At 3! leave
, nala bed to right and cross low kotal, easily
o miles reach Padam at foot of kotal ; good halting place ; water,
wood, grass and grazing abundant. Persian artillery crossed this ridge, by following up
nala, which is the ordinary road except in floods. At 5| miles, after ascending between
two branches of nala reach Gishu kotal (Gish-oleander tree, Biluchi), and P ia ^ e 18 80 ^
from the number of these which cover the hill sides. Ascent gentle, but descent to b.
very steep. Guns were hauled over by eight horses, and drag ropes in bad places. Elevation
4,102 feet; could be rendered fit for guns ; light troops could ascend hills on either side and
turn the kotal. Descend the Pameg Khaur to foot of kotal, 3,848 feet. At Similes Pad Koh,
good halting place; running water, grass, wood, and grazing abundant. Continue descent
of Pameg Khaur; perennial stream, containing fish, hYemahseer. Leave »a/a bank at
10 miles and descend over stony plain, crossing several tributary ; valley or p ain,
2 to 3 miles wide ; good going. Camp on level plain, at the foot and E. of natural obelisk,
Mil-i-Farhad 1,500 feet high, of pink rock. Ziarat at base of obelisk, occupied by faki s.
Wood, grazing, and green and perennial grass abundant.
4 Kahn-uud . 19 67i General direction S. W. over gravelly plain of
varying width ; crossing perennial stream at It
miles. ” At 11 miles enter bed of Pameg river and
cross it diagonally; at Ilf miles cross centre of
perennially flowing Pameg stream, at Mardan halting place ; from here onwards the river
is called 'Mardan. Grass, wood, grazing and good water abundant. At asc , e '^
right bank of river and enter hard gravel plain, 40 feet above river-bed. At 18 4 descen
Kahn-rud
19
67f
2 ,112'.
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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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