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'Report on the Preliminary Survey of the Route for the Central Persia Telegraph Line' [56v] (117/300)
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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Kerman cotton produce. A fair aud direct road connects Bahramalnd with
the important port of Bander Abbas on the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, : nl should it, in tl»e
future be decided to connect the Bander with Ceutral Persia by telegraph, the
line would follow this great trade route. The fourth stage is again good over a
slightly rising pebbly desert for the first 19 miles, at which point the bare
ground suddenly gives place to “ Boteh,” which forms a strip half a mile wide
and has the appearance of being at times under water. This strip, I am convin
ced, takes the overflow of the Lalezar river, which overflow would appear to be
incorrectly shown in the I. B. Maps, Sheet No. 5, South-West Asia, as being
lost in a swamp which is crossed during the next stage, or between Kabootar
Khan and Bobat. Taking these two stages together, the safest course to adopt
is to keep to the north-east side of the main road, leaving Kabootar Khan 2
miles to the south-west and, skirting the hamlets of Bakerabadand Kassimahad,
again strike the main road at or near Robat. In this way, the half-mile strip
carrying the Lalezar overflow would be spanned at its narrowest point, while
the ground liable to inundation, extending from 1-855 miles of Robat, would
be avoided. The road and Persian Telegraph line run through both, hut after
rains caravans follow the detour I have recommended. From Robat to
Kerman, past the prosperous village of Baghin, the road lie* at first parallel
to, and finally round, the end of the Badaman range, and though in some
places *tony, and in others sandy, it is comparatively good.
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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.
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- 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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