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'Report on the Preliminary Survey of the Route for the Central Persia Telegraph Line' [12r] (28/300)
The record is made up of 1 volume (146 folios). It was created in 1899. 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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24//i September 1898. Saifabaik Hright 5,000 foet.
Governor ... IE. II, Zil-es-Sultan.
Population
Crops
Supplies
Water
Houses
Transport
Labour
Climate
People
Remarks
14 people.
Wheat,, barley, clover. All in nominal quantities.
Nil. Procurable from Ispahan. 100 sheep.
From Zayande Rood, for seven months in the year,
October to April. Also, a well, sweet water, in the
village enclosure.
Hade of sun-dried bricks. Homed roofs, and only a couple
of rooms.
About 6 donkeys when not used by the owners themselves.
Rate 1 kran per diem.
Nil.
Temp. 6 a. m., 50 c ; 9 p.m., 63°. Healthy; similar to
Ispahan, but warmer in summer.
Ordinary Persian peasants. Hospitable.
Small walled village, about 200 yards square ; walls about
13 feet high. Few patches of cultivation : ample for the
population.
'2hth September 1898. Aliabad. Height 4,880 feet.
Governor
Population
Crops
Supplies
Water
Houses
Transport
Labour
Climate
People
Remarks
H. H. Zil-es : SuItan.
40 people.
Wheat, barley, cotton, castor. In limited quantities.
Bread, few eggs, fowls and a little sheep’s milk.
From stream close to village, clear, but brackish. Sweet
water procurable, but muddy.
Made of sun-dried bricks. Domed roofs. In very bad
repair—almost in semi-ruins.
Nil.
A few workmen procurable, 6 or at 1} krans per diem.
Good ; similar to Ispahan, but rather unhealthy in village
on account of clo*e aod dirty streets.
Ordinary Persian peasants. Not over friendly.
Cultivation round village about 20) yards each side. A
small
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
in semi-ruins. The place seems to he
very much on thedecline. Many villages are seen Iving-
about the Ispahan plain too numerous to mention.
25/A September I89S.
Habibabao.
Height 4,900 feet.
Governor
Population
Crops
H. H. Zfl-es-Snltan.
10,000, with 30 Persian soldiers, 10 musicians and 10
gunners.
Wheat 150,0 0, barley 3,000, straw 200,000. cotton 100,000
all shah mans per annum. Also, variable quantities of
melons, cucumber, castor, and a few acres of tobacco.
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Report by William King Wood, Assistant Superintendent, Indo-European Telegraph Department. Printed at the Commissioner's Press, Karachi, 1899. The report is an investigation of proposed routes for the Central Persia Telegraph Line and is based on a journey undertaken by the author from Shiraz to Gwadur [Gwadar] between September 1898 and March 1899.
The report is divided into sections, as follows: Kashan to Yezd; Yezd to Kerman; Kerman to Bam; Bam to Regan; Regan to Pahra. Each section includes a description of the track followed, gazetteer, notes on sites for telegraphic offices, and a general summary. Additional descriptions are given for a number of alternative routes and routes investigated but considered unsuitable. At the rear of the volume are six appendices giving information on distances, costs, trade, water quality, and a glossary.
Folio 5 is a map of the route taken and the proposed telegraph line.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (146 folios)
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At the front of the volume (folio 4) is a table of contents that refers to the original pagination.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 148; 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.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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