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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [202v] (409/416)
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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35a
No. 2.
Peshin to Magas vid Sarbaz Nala.
Distance, in
- - — —■ ~ nr-
No. of
•taga.
MILES.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Bbuabxi.
Baftan is occupied by the Bar tribe of Baluch. At one time there was a fort, but it
was destroyed by the Persians and is now in ruins ; water from the Sarbaz Kaur near
the village ; camel grazing plentiful, also fuel.
^ ASK • 12 30 ^ The track winds about in the bed of the Sarbaz
Kaur. The going is not difficult for camels.
Rask is a four-walled fort with a tower ; walls
, a ^ ou t 30 feet high ; village outside walls. Belongs
to Bar tribe and Boledi people.
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.
Mir Mauladad, Boledi, lives here. He is the Persian
Naib s oificial at this place. Water from karezes and water channels ; grass in plenty ;
also camel grazing ; bhusa scarce ; but rice bhusa plentiful. Date groves in the vicinity.
Pabod
15
45
Road throughout in bed of the Sarbaz nala,
which is skirted by a series of small date groves.
At 4 miles the large village and fort of Piroz-
..fl. , , , , a ^ a( ^ passed on the right; near Firozabad
a difficult kotal has to be passed. There are small villages all along the road after leaving
Firozabad. Pared lies on the E. bank of the Sarbaz Kaur. There is a ruined fort
here with a tower and some date groves.
. Camel gazing, grass, and rice bhusa in plenty ; water in plenty from the Kaur ; supplies
in very small quantity.
4
Daf Kaub
15
60
Road in the Sarbaz nala throughout stony and
generally uneven ground ; small villages on both
sides all the way.
_ , , . ... Here there is a small fort with ruined walls.
Fuel and camel grazing in plenty ; supplies very scarce.
Sabbaz
15
75
Road in the Sarbaz Kaur the who] e wa „ Much
cultivation is passed; and small villages and
date groves on both sides.
, Here there is a small 4-walled fortress on a
• 1 £1/ m'. la S ° m 1 d, r C f- from ‘ lle f » rtre '»- SarbM i, the head-quarter o£a Persian
orticial, Khan Muhammad, who lives here (1897). Snppli™ plentiful? ,.ra s8 and imel
grazing abundant i water from the iraur. From here a road branches off N W toBampur
Gwemabk
10
85
Road still in Sarbaz nala which is now muc
more confined; much cultivation and man
small villages and date groves passed on bot
/-i • n i u i r „ „ 8ldes of r0iid * Sma11 for t here. The neonle ai
Gwaranzai Baluch ; water from well; a few supplies, rice bhusa procurable. ^ ^
7 Kandak-i-Bun .
road.
wall.
Magas
10
26
95
121
The name means “ foot of the Kotal.” A very
uneven road along the bed of the Sarbaz nala -,
at the extremity is open ground where is camp.
Good though stony road, which runs alter-
natel y ln . nala bed and over open ground,
though difficult for camels, and this is the
kafila
A train of travellers; a caravan; or any large party of travellers.
At Magas there is a large fort with 3 ramparts, the whole being encircled by a high
The village lies witmn the walls ; water from karez ; supplies plentiful. °
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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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