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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [‎186v] (377/416)

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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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Appendix I-
No. 1.
Yazd to Karman, via Anar and Bahramahad .
Authority.— Sykes, March 1895, {vide route No. 47).
No. of
stage.
Distance, in
mii.es.
Names of stages.
Bemabks.
As this route has been travelled over by Scbin'Ih'r and Gill, it is quite unnecessary to
make a road report. As, however, I am the only European who has travelled by both of the
Karman—Yazd routes, a comparison may not be out of place.
I would, firstly, mention that, for an army marching by the Southern route, there are
three desert stages if the postal route be followed. Coming from Kanuan the tirst of
these is Shams, where there is only a post house, a dilapidated caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). and indifferent
water. This march cannot be avoided, but the next two stages of Karmanshahan and Zehn-
u-Din, where the conditions are slightly worse, can be escaped. In order to effect this from
Shams the march must be directed to Mehdiabad, which lies a/arsaA’A to the north of
Karmanshahan. There, instead of filthy and foul water, together with no supplies, the
force can he distributed among the three fair-sized villages of Hosseinabad, Bandarun and
Mehdiabad. This march is 18 miles. Next day Girdkuh, the centre of another cluster of
villages, can be reached in 13J miles. This village is to the north of Kuh-i-Girdkuh and
not where shown in the I. D. W. A. map. The road is excellent on all these marches. The
main route will be rejoined by a march of 16| miles to Sar-i-Yazd. Passing Mazra Ali Beza
Khan at 2 miles, while near Sar-i-Yazd numerous villages and hamlets are found. This
deviation is only some 6 or 7 miles longer, but its immense advantages have, I hope, been
made tolerably clear.
To turn to the Zarand-Pafk route, between Bafk and Pahraj—a distance of 51 miles,
the water-supply is entirely dependent upon a few tanks, which, at most, could supply a
force of five hundred men. During my journey in March 1894, these haozes were full, but
in May 1895 I was informed that they were dry.
Supposing that the deviation from the Postal route, described before on the Southern
route, be followed, together with the fact that there is a Telegraph line, no doubt can be
felt that the Bahramabad-Anar route is the best. A reference to my routes will show that
I have compiled the details of twelve roads connecting the two main routes, so that, in the
case of a large force, a percentage could use the Zarand-Bafk route, especially as their
northern flank'is pretty secure, the great desert stretching for a great distance in that direc
tion. I would also mention that at Bafk, the altitude sinks to nearly 3,000 feet, whereas by
the Southern route there is no reading below 4,000 feet until the plain of Yazd be reached.
No. 2.
Savand to Arsinjan, via Ralilak .
Authority . —Blackman, November 1896.
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Distance, in
farsakhs.
Rbmaeks.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
1
Aliabad • •
5
5
Road skirts the Tang-i-Paru hills, till opposite
Kovamabad, and is winding and undulating.
Then pass a spring called Chashma-i-Shah-
Mardan, cross a muddy branch of the Polvar

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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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