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'Report on the Preliminary Survey of the Route for the Central Persia Telegraph Line' [113r] (230/300)
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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31i'/ December 1SS8. Dar-i-Shoor. Height, 5,425 fret.
Temp.—7 a. m., 12; 7 p. m., 41.
Dar-i-Shoor is in the Galugan valley to the north, has a Kanat of sweet
water ana some tamarisks. Enel plentiful; giazing good.
Is* January 1899. Herneh. * Height, 5,875 feet.
Temp —7 a, m., 25 ; 7 p. m., 37.
Herneh lies on the south-eastern base of the Herneh Band range of hills
and the sou then end of the Sam plateau. It is on the main Siestan-
Bampur road and has a spring of brackish water. There is also a fair
amount of iuel and grazing.
2nd January 1899. Dozdab. Height, 4,740 feet.
Temp.—7 a.m., 8; 6 p. m., 39.
Dozdab lies at the northern end of the plain and at the base of a low
range of hills. There were 6 tents, 30 people and a spring of bitter
water where we eneamped, but sweet water is found in the valley.
An abundance of fuel and good grazing. We managed to get a little
straw, flour and cotton seed here.
3rd January 1899. M^lik Seah Kuh. Height, 3,125 feet.
Temp—8 a. m., 27 ; 6 p. m., 45.
Where we encamped, there was a small spring of sweet water, but no
grazing or fuel.
Mh and hth January 1899.
Temp.—7 a.m., 34; 7 p. m., 48.
Hurmak.
Height, 2,825 feet.
Hurmak is a regular halting place on the Siestan-Bampur route and lies
in a nullah 7 miles north of Malik Seah Kuh, is on the border of
IVrsia and UMianisian and on the verge of the Shelag desert. 1 here
an* 5 or 6 springs of tepid water. The camel grazing is good, and
fuel is procurable.
6/A January 1899.
Hekg-i-Shelag.
Height, 1,695 feet.
Temp.—7 a.m., 29; 6 p.m., G8.
Hec-i-Shel .s, as the term implies, lies in the Shelag snn.ls on
"hank of the Shelag river. There is a well of putrid na.eu
croud and luci abundant,
o
on the right
Grazing
7/A January 1899.
Seah Hauz.
Height, 1,690 feet.
Temp.—7 a. m., 31; 6 p. m., 51.
„ n. m7 like Itee-i-Shelag, marks the sight of a well of putrid water
t’m’desert. The camel grazing is good, and fuel abundant.
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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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