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'Report on the Preliminary Survey of the Route for the Central Persia Telegraph Line' [84v] (173/300)
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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150
Remarks ... Here, as in fact throughout the whole of my journey, I
was shown the greatest respect by Baloochies and
Persians. The figures given above include the neigh
bouring villages of Nasireah, Kassimabad, Kooch
Gerdan, and Kalang.
26fA February 1899. Pahra. Height 2,300 feet.
Governor
Population
Crops
Supplies
Water
Houses
Transport
Labour
Climate
People
Remarks
Satoot*ul-Mamalik.
500 houses and huts; 2,500 people.
rWheat and barley 600,000 mans; maize 15,000; rice
< 4,000 ; beans 4,000. Also, lettuce, onions, etc., and a
( date grove half a mile square with fine date trees.
f 150 oxen ; 150 cows ; 1,500 sheep. Flour, dates, whey,
] eggs, milk, tea, sugar, candles, etc., procurable. Has
C 2 or 3 shops.
( 7 kanats, sweet, which open out into springs and flow
< through the date groves. It is here the cultivation is.
( The soil looks rich and good.
fThere are a good many mud brick huts here, but the
majority are of palm leaf, resembling huge bee-hives.
\ A
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
fort, 240 by 240 feet, with 7 towers.
| The Kaleh is only 7 years old, and is in a good state of
1^ repair.
MOO camels, but we should have to get everything from the
{ Governor, who would, I am sure, do anything for us.
( 100 at 1J Krans per diem. Like all Baloochees, they are
1 lazy.
"Temp.—6 a.m., 58; 1 p.m., 85 ; 0 p.m., 76.
Extremely hot, said to be the same as Bampur—and the
water is bad. Pahra must, I think, be slightly cooler
... <( than Bampur, as it is about 300 feet higher, and is built
on rising gravelly ground away from the river, the
jungle, and the s md drifts. Yet the people say there
^ is no difference.
( Baloochies and the Governor’s private and official establish-
\ ments. Maliyat 600
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
.
The Kaleh here contains a kiln-burnt brick house, known
as the Shah Nesheen, and inside there are store rooms,
stables and quarters for the Governor’s staff, a regiment
of soldiers and artillery.
It should be noted that construction work could only be
carried on between November 1st and March 1st on the
sections from Regan to Pahra and from Regan to Bam.
On the other sections, it would be possible to work from
1st October to 30th April.
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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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