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'Report on the Preliminary Survey of the Route for the Central Persia Telegraph Line' [63r] (130/300)
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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24M November 1898. Abarek or Ayerk. Height 5,535 feet.
Governor
Population
Crops
Supplies
Water
Houses
Transport
Asaf-ed Dowleh; part
Firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
Firma; part local owners.
70 houses; 400 people.
Wheat 5,000; barley 3,000; millet 3,000; beetroot and
cucumber 500.
200 sheep ; 60 cows. Eggs and supplies in very small
quantities.
From river and from cheshmeh “ Na Pareeiee.”
Mud huts, with a new mud and stone
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
.
Nil. 70 donkeys in the place.
Labour
Climate
People
Remarks
5 or 6 at 1 Kran per diem.
7 a. m., 34; I’SS p. m., 69; 6*15 p. m., 55. Good. Cold in
winter. Snow lies 4 and 5 days, but only falls oc
casionally. Summers hot. Windy place.
Persians ; friendly and intelligent.
No villages en route. Spring of warm water (which is
walled in) half a mile to nortli of
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
. A lead
and zinc mine lies to the left of the road, 5 miles south
east of Tehrud.
27yth November 1898. DAHAazEE*. Height 4,575 feet.
Governor
... Moez-ed-Dowleh.
Population
... 100 houses ; 300 people.
Crops
( Wheat 24,000; barley 6,000 ; millet 3,000; turnips and
( cucumbers 4,000; cotton 3,000.
Supplies
( 500 sheep; 100 cows. Fowls, milk, eggs, meat, bread in
( fair quantities.
Water
C One open stream from Sarvistan, good, sweet; and in
... < rainy years, from December to March, 4 months’ water
A from Tehrud, which is always dry 8 months in the year.
Houses
( Mud houses ; one
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
, mud and brick; one bath
( of burnt brick.
Transport
100 donkeys at 75 cents, per diem. No camels or mules.
Labour
... 15 at *75 cents, to 1 Kran per diem. ‘
Climate
r 9 a. m., 46; 1*30 p. m., 65; 6*30 p. m., 55.
... ] Good. Summers fair. Snow very seldom falls.
(. Little rain. Palms will not grow.
People
... Quiet, friendly, and Intelligent Persians.
Remarks
... Sarvistan or Sabalistan, 60 houses ; 200 people. Supplies
fair.
Note. —W T e had heavy rain at Daharzeenon 25th Novemher
1898, which was the second fall of the year. The first
took place 10 days previous to our arrival, viz,, 15th
November 1898, and lasted from night till morning.
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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)
- Arrangement
At the front of the volume (folio 4) is a table of contents that refers to the original pagination.
- Physical characteristics
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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