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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [‎173r] (350/416)

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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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Section I. Route No. 56 -B— contd .
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
Distances.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
RbuabKs.
9
Kahn-i-Ali ... 1
12 f
(Elev. 1180'). (
1 153£
'1 his is called Baz Gar. At 11 miles leave the liver bed and commence the ascent of the Baz
Gar kotal At Ilf miles (Elev. 1,450’) the road is very bad for 30 feet but field guns could
be got over. After this a slight drop and then ascend till 12£ miles (Elev.
1,510'). The last 20 feet is very rough indeed, but guns could be got over with drag
r ipes. Just beyond this point is a camping-ground called Khar-i-Yagun, 300
yards to the right of the road, with a small stream of running water ; its position is
marked by a solitary date palm. At 13f the road is very narrow for 20 yards, but
can be turned by a detour to right or left. There is a spring of water here, which is only
just drinkable. Now commence a second ascent, which the guide called Danuneshkan. At
J5£ miles very rough for about 15 yards. About a furlong further there is another point
where improvement would be required, for about 25 yards, before field guns could pass (tlev.
1,700'). The road now descends gradually to Gino. There is a small patch of cultivation
here and 3 houses, but the inhabitants have no animals and are miserably poor on account of
the depredations of the Bashakirdis.
Steep descent, five minutes after starting, for
half a mile. Then over successive low spurs.
At 2 miles enter the level plain, with moun
tains 5 to 6 miles to right and left of road,
making for a low ridge jutting out into the plain.
At 6f miles a dry water-course. At 12 miles reach the low ridga, with Kahn-i*Ali on
its southern side. This march is passable by the 3 arms throughout. There are about 40 or
60 palm leaf huts and others scattered about near. Kala-i-Kontak, which is shown on the
map, is merely the site of au old city. There is nothing to mark the spot beyond the few
broken scraps of pottery.
'March due north through the ridge, which really
consists of a series of rocky spurs jutting out
to the eastward. At 1|- miles the Kahn-i-Ali
shown on the map, a village of about 20 palm
leaf huts, with a mud mosque and 1,000 date
At miles get out into the open plain once more. At 4 miles a spring of good
water 50 yards to left of the road, under a conspicuous black rock, the end of a detached spur
from the hills bounding the west side of the valley. This spring is called Bachao.
The hills to the west are about 0 miles distant, those to the south-east are very far
and indistinct. This march is passable by the three arms throughout. In November the
Haliri iiud was quite dry and water was obtained from a well, close under the right (south)
bank. The water smelt very foul, but was apparently harmless when boiled. There is
a Baluch camp called Tom hot near here, the flocks of which are watered at this well.
Brushwood, fuel and camel-grazing abundant.
Cross the Haliri
10
Rig Mati
m i
(Camp on
171
right bank of
Haliri Rud)
(Elev. 1,325').
palms.
11
Jamult
16
(Elev. 1,550')
1S7
Hud. The river bed is here
$ a mile wide, but the area inundated by a
spate is quite 1£ miles across. After this, good
going over hard clay and gravel till 10th mile.
Then a belt of loose sand for a few hundred yards. At 10| miles cross a shallow' dry
water-course, 30' across, called Takkul. A similar dry water-course is again crossed at 12 b
miles. There are a few scattered palm leaf huts of pastoral Baluchis at Jamuli.and 10
wells, of which one contains good water and two or three others are quite drinkable. Road
passable bv the three arms throughout.
12 Deh Ashbaf ... j 23f i For first 4 miles over loose sand, then good go-
210f ing over bard clay till 6k miles, after which
track lies across stony ground, shingly in places.
At 12 milesDeh-i-Gao. A village of 28 houses
with a little cultivation. No supplies Drinkable water from a kanat. Camel-grazing and
fuel obtainable. At 13£ miles Masitabad, a village of 25 houses, with a little cultivation
irrigated by a kanat. Camel-grazing; and fuel obtainable, but no supplies. ^ There are
only three houses at Deh Ashraf, with a small patch of cultivation. The Chief of these
three villages resides at Masitabad and pays revenue to Bam. Deh-i-M't, mentioned by
Jennings is”a halting place, with a stream of running water, 1 mile to the west of the road,
at the 19th mile. Road passable by the three arms throughout. Fair water. No supplies. Camel,
grazing and brushwood, fuel obtainable.

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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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