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'Report on the Preliminary Survey of the Route for the Central Persia Telegraph Line' [122v] (249/300)
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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226
5/7/ February 1^99.
6/4 February 1899.
Camp in Dasht-i-Lut.
Shur Gez. Height 1,750 feet.
In the Dasht-i-Lut, one well, brackish. Water has to be dug for. Graz
ing good, and fuel plentiful.
1th February 1899.
Camp in Dasht-i-Lut.
8/4 February 1899. Tum-i-Reeg. Height 2,000 feet.
On the verge of the Xarmasheer. No water here, only few tamarisk bushes.
9/4 February 1899.
Fareh.
Height 2,300 feet.
Governor
Fazallulah Khan.
Population ... -
f 200 houses; 1,000 people. Also, 10 Hashims, or
( people.
50
Crops ... •
( Wheat 10,000 mans. Quantity of dates, pomegranates and
( melons. No barley.
Supplies
20 plough oxen. Eggs, milk, rice in fair quantities.
Water
3 Kanats, sweet.
Houses
Sun-dried bricks with wooden beams.
Transport
50 donkeys at 15 Shahies per diem. 6 camels.
Labour
5T) to 60 at 1 Kran per diem.
Climate
Very hot in summer; spring and winters nice.
People ...
C Polite Persians; very poor and hard up.
(_ Maliyat 2,000 Krans.
Remarks
Fahreh may be taken as the last village on the north
eastern edge of the Narmasheer, and consequently on
the south-west verge of the Dasht-i-Lut.
10/4 February
1399. Aliabad. Height 2,290 feet.
Governor
Ilaji Assadullah Yezdi.
Population
40 houses; 200 people ; 3 Hashims.
Crops
Wheat 25,000 mans. No barley.
Supplies
2 plough oxen ; 10 cows ; 100 sheep.
Water
One Kanat, sweet.
Houses
Sun-dried brick; rafters.
Transport
50 donkeys ; 4 horses.
Labour
10 to 12 at 1 Kran each per diem.
Climate
Same as other places in Narmasheer.
People
Persians ; intelligent.
Remarks
The gazetteer of Regan has already been given in
Section IV-B of the proposed route for the Central Persia
Telegraph line.
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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.
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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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