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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [185r] (374/416)
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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319
No. 62.
Tank to Bampur, via Geh and Champ.
Authority .— Sykes and Brazier-Creagh, 189-A, ( from native information).
No. of
stage.
Distance, in
miles.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total
Remarks.
Bandar Tank .
A tiny fishing hamlet.
1
Bib
12
12
Track across sand to stage in desert. Water
(scarce, except after rains) from mudhole.
2
Saptak .
11
23
Level track. Saptak on River Goach, flowing
south ; no village, water from spring.
3
Nazok .
12
35
Road through low hills. Nazok, a spring and
village. Small amount of supplies procurable.
4
Naokinja
13
48
Road rather to west of Chahbar track. At 1*
miles Rezdan, a few palms, then Patab, a small
village on a dry nala, spring of water, small
amount of supplies. Naokinja, a hamlet on the
Water from the river and kanats.
Geh-Cb
ahbar road. Supp
ies pro<
surable.
5
Geh
1,476’.
10£
68*
Road over rugged country and, generally speak
ing, up the Geh river, which is frequently
crossed ; at 2 miles the river Sirha joins in.
6
Kashi (Kaub) .
10
68§
Hamlet on river of the same name. Small
amount of supplies available. Good water from
river. Stony going along a river bed.
7
Ravag
n
78
Hamlet on the Kashi river ; road as above ; also
supplies and water.
8
Nokoch .
11
89
Hamlet; supplies, etc., as above.
9
Goh
12*
101|
Small village; supplies, etc., as above,
10
Champ
4,040’.
15
116*
Long and difficult march. At 9th mile cross the
Gacha kotal.
Champ is a village of some 50 houses, and supplies
are procurable in fair quantities. It is the regular
route between Bampur, Chahbar and Gwardar.
Champ is a small independent state nnder
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
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irregulars, i.e.,jambaz and foot soldiers, fully equipped, and also protects the country from
marauding bands.
A long and difficult march crossing the water
shed which separates the drainage running to the
Bampur river from that joining the Geh and
Kaja rivers. Surmij is a small hamlet with
date grove and cultivation. Water, fuel, and a small amount of supplies are procurable.
11
Sttbmij or Sub-
18
134*
MICH.
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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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