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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [188v] (381/416)
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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326
No. 6.
Kuh-i- Malik Siah (Robat) to Nasibabad* ( ^asratabad).
No. of
etago.
Names of stages.
Distance, in
miles,
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Gfmbaz-i-Reg .
m
38*
Giedi Chah
12
50*
Assak Chah
22i
73
Husainabad
19*
92*
Nasirabad
20
112 *
Remakes.
Ruins of two tombs on the banks of the Sk
river. No drinking water procurable here, hi
small well of brackish water exists some
distance off. The water of the river is salt.
On leaving the river the road enters a hi
flat, clay plain strewn with ruins, and shoi
signs of having formerly been cultivated.
Over bare, flat, clay plain. No bushes or t
and there is great difficulty in getting fuel.
Road passes to west of Sehkuha, a large vil
where supplies are procurable.
A trying march owing to the country trave
being cut, up by countless steep, narrow in
tion canals with water averaging in depth uj
. , , , , . h° rses girths. Nasirabad consists of a i
i"n U o r ^ Ud f ? rt ’ °™ men , ted , wlth towers ’ with exterior walls, embracing an arei
loO x 200 yards. Within the fort are the quarters of the garrison and residences of
Deputy Governor and District Officials.
Note,—T he return journey was done in four stages, viz:—
(1) Khak-i-Darwesh .... 35 miles
(2) Gouki-Chah 22
(3) Hurmak 24 ”
(4) Robat (Koh-i-Malik Siah)... 20 ”
No- 7-
RaHBUR t, RaYIN,
Nam
Abda
(abou
Authority. —Sykes, July 1895.
No. of
stage.
Distance, in
miles.
‘ — ■■
Names of stages.
Inter-
mediate,
Total.
Reuabks.
Camp
Garden.
7,500',
near
12
12
Upon leaving Rahbur, we rode to its south-
end, and then took up a bearing of 99°. For
first mile we rode through barley fields, with se\
groves of fine walnut trees. At If miles, the i
to Khann branches ofit, and at 2 miles we cross a tributary of the Halil Bud running a
earing of 1/0 . On its right bank is the hamlet of Rodur, while half a mile lower
dow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
uzun. Ci ossing the river, which is about a foot deep, we ascend to its watershed, im
lately beyond which lies a second river of equal volume. This we follow up for half a m
ben sciamble up the left bank and reach a level plain covered with thick jungle and cro
y several streams with the village of Jowaran a mile to the north. At 10 miles, we desc
Fisks
(abou I
Huse
(about
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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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