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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [184v] (373/416)
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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318
No. 61-
Shustar to Shiraz, vid Ahwaz and Behbohan.
No. of
stage.
Distance, in
milks.
Names of stages.
Inter ‘ Total
mediate. 10tal *
Rbmarks.
16
Shibaz
21
343
6 ,200'.
two, but dies out here at Tang-i*Rudian. From the summit of this ridge Adakhan is
visible, and a plain dotted very sparsely with villages. With a settled Government
this would be a rich place indeed. Vines are grown along the hill sides, as we fol
low the northern slope of the ridge to where the plain dies out at a village named
Shul (altitude 6,725'). The people are not the men that the Tal-Espid plain produces
though they belong to the same clan. A gentle ascent from Shul takes you to the water
shed dividing the basin of the Fahliun river from that which drains into the Shiraz valley.
This
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
is at altitude 7,350'. The camp at Goyum, a Saiad village.
Direction S. E. Descend gently, passing several
walled villages and the gardens of Masjid-i-
_ Bardi.
As a substitute to stages 1—5 above, the following route via Ram Hormuz is given as
being more direct:—
For 6 miles, along the road to Isfahan (see Route
No. 38A.) direction E., then S. over a plain ; road
winding to avoid fissures or nalas in alluvial
soil. A small village on bank of Gargar stream
inhabited by Arabs in summer.
For 10 miles over plain, then between two ranges
of hills crossing numerous torrent beds. Road
fair.
Road good for 5 miles. Then down a valley
liable to be logged after heavy rain as far as a
ruined guard-nouse at Kala-i-Darabi. The Kandak
is sluggish and muddy, 20 paces wide and 12' deep
in flood.
Along the foot of Kuh-i-Kandak, at 16 miles
cross a stream 30' wide by 2' deep.
Over a plain.
4
Bani Daod
250'.
24£
24|
Naphtha Springs
596'.
20f
45£
Kandak Stream
13
00
Ram Hormuz .
22f
81
Rustamabad
7
88
McGowan gives the following information regarding the route from Tal
Espid to Kazran :—
No. of
stage.
Distance, in
miles.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Remabes.
1
Ntbabad . . .
3
3
A river is crossed, opposite Fahlian; most difficult and
dangerous to ford, as two branches, covering a large area,
have to he crossed. Some distance up the river are four
ruined piers of a very old bridge. From this to Nurabad
the road is good. Nurabad lies in the middle of a fertile
plain. The inhabitants are Lurs and are more civilised
and peaceful than those met with at Tal Espid and Basht.
2
Shahpub-2,670’ .
7
10
The road is good.
3
Kazbah 3,860’ .
4
14
Road good.
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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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