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'Report on the Preliminary Survey of the Route for the Central Persia Telegraph Line' [100v] (205/300)
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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Jend Khan, the Damani Chief, has now been an outlaw for over a decade,
and although the frequent forays which occur in Sarhad are laid at his door,
I am inclined to think that there is more than one Jend Khan engaged on this
work.
Finally, we come to the question of building a Telegraph station and of
locating a staff at Khash and Ladis, the only inhabited spots in the desert. The
only buildings of any description seen between Regan and Siestan, or in fact in
Sarhad, were the mud
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
forts at Khash and Sangoon. I could not
therefore get any details regarding the prices of material, the greater portion of
which would have to be transported from Bam, and would cost a large sum.
The staff would find the life in the desolate mountainous region, cut off from
all civilization, among a semi-barbaric and unintelligent people, a very trying
one indeed, while special arrangements would have to be made for their safety
and also to keep them in supplies.
DESC
LADIS r
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- Mss Eur F111/367
- Title
- 'Report on the Preliminary Survey of the Route for the Central Persia Telegraph Line'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:147v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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