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'Report on the Preliminary Survey of the Route for the Central Persia Telegraph Line' [122r] (248/300)
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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225
VUh January 1899, Malik Robat.
Height 3,100 feet.
Temp.—7 a. m., 38.
There is a small Tana of stone and mud here, built by Captain Webb-Wart
where a few supplies are procurable. The water is good ancl abundant from
spring. Malik Robat is in British Balooehistan.
28^/i January 1899,
Pepelee.
Height 5,580 feet.
Temp.—7 a. m., 42 ; 7 p. m., 57.
^ Pepelee is in the Hozdab hills and has G small springs of brackish water.
There is no fuel or £razin«r.
o o
January 1899.
Kondee.
Height 1,545 feet.
Temp.—7 a. m., 31; 7 p. m., 51.
Kondee is in the plain and has no water, but 2 miles off in the hills, to the
north, is a large spring of brackish water. Puel and grazing abundant.
30^ January 1899.
Karagee.
Height 4,480 feet.
Temp.—7 a. m., 52 ; 7 p. m., Go.
Karageh is on the western edge of the plain and eastern base of the Malu-
san hills, and has a Kanat of brackish water, splendid gr »zing, and abundance
of fuel. It is on the main Siestan-Regnn route. The ruins of a burnt brick
building were seen here and also a flock of sheep.
1st February 1899. Nas ratal ad (Kerman). Height 3,S3G feet.
Governor ... Asaf-ed-Dowleh.
Population ... lo houses ; 75 people.
Crops ... Wheat and barley 1,400 mins ; cotton 300 mans.
Supplies ... 14 plough oxen ; 50 sheep. Nothing procurable.
f One Kanat, almost sweet; temp. 71°, 4 feet 6 inches ; flow-
( ing 15 feet in 15 seconds.
Water
Sun-dried bricks; wooden doors; walled enclosure ; two-
Houses
storied.
... 2 donkeys; 1 horse.
... None.
Transport
Labour
j Temp.—7 p. m., 51.
( Hot winds in summer. Spring and winter nice.
/ Persians of Pahra, Sheahs; agriculturists. Up till last
J year, 50 soldiers and a Sultan were stationed here to guard
the road, but owing to scarcity and arrears of pay, 35
have gone to Bam. 15 are still here and a Sultan.
Gurg.
Height 1,850 feet.
kth February 1899.
Temp.—Tent blown down and thermometers broken. In the Dasht-i-Lut,
one well, brackish. Water has to be dug for. Grazing good, and fuel abundant.
b 7—57
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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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