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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [177v] (359/416)
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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304
No. 58.
Shiraz to Yazd, via Abarguh.
Distance, in
miles.
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Rbmabks.
on left. At 14? miles enter fields of Farasha, and continue through valley for f mile. At
18 miles road from Deh-i-Dalor joins on left. At 18£ enter commencement of Taft, and
continue through valley for 3 miles to the Bagh-i-Sad. The valley near Aliabad is 5
miles wide, and continues from this to 3 miles, for 12 miles, when it begins to narrow gra-
dually, till at 2 miles from Farasha it narrows to a defile, and continues so till the commence
ment of the Taft cultivation, when the hills recede again, leaving a valley some miles wide.
Water and all supplies abundant.
12
Yazd
12
247
4,020'.
The road is quite level and good the whole way,
at first for miles through cultivation; then
the hills begin to recede, and in the end there
being only a low detached hill on left. At 2
miles pass Husaini off left; 3 miles Mubarakah on right; and at 4 miles Cham on left.
At 6 miles pass a copious stream of fresh water ; at 6^ pass the Parsi village of Zainabad
on the left. The road here divides, one branch going to the N. of the city vid Bagh-i-
Nadir, and the other to the southern quarter. Both are good. Jones makes the last five
stages 125 miles instead of 128 miles as above, and gives the following stages without
description :—From Dehbid to Tang-i-Babash 15 miles, Abarguh 24 miles, Aliabad 50 miles,
Taft 21 miles, Yazd 15 miles—Total, 125 miles. From Murghab (stage 4 above) MacGregor
mentions a route running to E. of the above through Baonat and Sanich, and joining the
above at 9 miles in stage 11 {q.v.)
No. 58A.
Ardakan(o% Kashan-Yazd Road) to Abarguh {stage 8 above).
Authority. —Sykes, 1893, [from native information).
Distance, in
MILES.
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Rkmibks.
1
Khodir .
22
22
The road, which crosses a plain at first, soon
enters the hills, reaching the hamlet of Khodir at
22 miles.
2
Nadoshan
16
38
Road through low hills to important village of
Nadushan, which pays 400£. in taxes and consists
of 500 houses.
3
Zabd
17
55
Level road to hamlet of 15 houses on a Icanat.
4
Taghistan .
17
72
Excellent road to stage at the well of sweet
water, called Taghistan.
5
Ababguh .
15
87
Kavir road to village or township of Abarguh.
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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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