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'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [203r] (410/416)
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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858
No. 3.
Mand to Magas vid Murtan
No. of
stage.
Distance, in
MILES.
BHit ABK9.
Names of stages.
Inter-
mediute.
Total.
1
Dil-i-dub-i-daf
( mouth of DiL'i
DUB nala).
12
12
Good road through gaz jungle in general Nj.
N. W. direction. At 12 miles enter the Hi-
dur nala ; here there is water and ample r
for encampment; grass in plenty, also fuel. No
BnPP 2 eS M0BTAN . o 18 30 Track runs in the Dil-i-dur naJa fo T a short
distance and then over bad and confined groun*;
then over a kotul and low hills, after which the
road is better; the track then enters the nala
again and the going is bad as far as Murtan. Murtan is a small fort walls, and
entrance gate facing N. There is a small village to the E. The
district and is inhabited by Askanis. There are two one called Mmian, t he other
Murtuk. Grass in plenty, also camel grazing ; date groves exist and there is good camping
ground Kaub. 1 16 46 A very had road over rough, n°^J en ground and
through the Gerwani Kaur. There are many
small kotals to be crossed. At camp there is water
in plenty and ample room for camping ground ; no
8 ° PP I" ’af-S * 8 '” 3 °‘W e ‘ 66 ) Koad bad throaghoat. Nine .reeled
and the route is called “ hao-Kandak (—9
kotals) ; after this point the road is better. At 9
miles the fort of Af-Shan is met. Here there is
a village ; grass obtainable ; water in pie ity ; the ^habitants are f
Zabd-i-Piban
Multan
16
12
r
fo
72
84
Very bad road—over iotaZs-*difficult for camels.
Water in the Zard-i-Piran Kaur; grass obtainable ;
no supplies ; no village in the vicinity. ....
Very bad road over the Sohran kotal, which is
scarcely fit for lightly laden camels. #
Multan is in the Sib district. There is a date
rrove; the inhabitants are Baluci, mostly nomads who visit the P^ 00 \VnlentTalso
or the date harvest; there is no village or fort ; water from a ^ P ^
camel grazing ; no supplies ; fuel (‘ pish ’> in plenty. The place is said to be very bleak and
cold in the winter, which is generally most severe. vn,,
7 I Magas . .1 14 I 98 I A good road over small hills.
No. 4.
Peshin to Guattar.
Authority* —R. A. E. Benn, April 1897, {from Native information).
—
Distance, in
miles.
Bbmabks.
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
1
Kastag .
12
12
Vide No. 1, Stage 3, page 3, of this Appendix-
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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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