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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [192v] (389/416)
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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332
No. 11.
Vartan to Ardistan.
Authority —Sykes, 1895.
No. of
stage.
Distance, in
MILES.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Remabks.
1
ZlFEEH .
11
11
Gradual ascent across plain to foot of hills,
Zifreh is a village of 100 houses, and pays 1,200
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
(£200) in taxes. The water is excellent.
2
Kehsab .
14
25
Hilly road to village of Kehsar, containing 20
houses.
3
Ardistan
22
47
At 3 miles Marben, at 5 miles Takkiabad. Soon
after the road leaves the hills, and crosses the
plain to Ardistan.
No. 12.
Vartan to Isfahan.
Authority —Sykes, 1895.
No. of
stage.
Distance, in
miles.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Rkmabks.
1
Moljen .
18
18
Road across desert plain, passing throueh no
villages, until the stage be reached at Moljun, a
fair-sized village.
2
Isfahan .
5,330'.
10
28
Level road passing villages of Deh No, Imam-
zadeh and Hussa. The whole of this route can
be traced from Vartan.
No. 13.
USHK tO AKDA.
Authority. —Sykes, 1895.
—
Distance, in
MILKS
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Remabes.
1
Chah Basha
14
14
Good road across ranges of low bills to hamlet
of two houses, with bad water.
2
Khalilabad
16
30
Level road to village of 12 houses with good
water. This is evidently the Khalilabad shown
on the I. D. W. O. Map.
3
Akda
9
39
Level road across plain to Akda.
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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