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'Appendix to Routes in Persia. Section II' [‎9v] (18/86)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (41 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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Route No. 1 — contd.
Baghdad to Karmanshah via Khanakin —contd.
Distances, in
miles.
'
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Rbmabks.
At 6 miles, crossing irrigation canal, where is Turkish cavalry picquet, turns north-east
direction kept to end of march. Road now broad and level track over alluvial plain • north
west lie numerous villages, the ground low and in parts marshy, frequent irrio-ation canals
some with water ; east a bare plain stretching to distant range of low hills • a "few hamlets
visible; plain green with camel thorn and patches of grass.
At 12 miles cultivation to either hand and large villages 4 miles to north-west
At 16 miles sami of Abu-l-Jassar; accommodation 200 men and horses - badlv built
of brick; good but muddy water from canals ; fuel scarce ; forage and supplies • led
grazing ; quantities of cattle, sheep and goats ; room for camping. ’ °
Road throughout good and passable to ail arms in dry weather; of the various cna's
some are dry and require ramping; some bridged, ways 12'; some merely foot brid-es of
poor construction ; grazing good in spring ; forage and supplies throughout from viUa-es •
no fuel. Single wire follows road as before. ° ’
Shahbab^n . 10 57 Road leaves Abu-l-Jassar north-north-east, deeo,
high.banked irrigation canal lying to lio’ht •
ground uneven, hillocky and shewing signs of flood •
.. . numerous irrigation canals cross road, which is
march Une8C ° nfined baUkedCana 3 ^ J tbe above throughout J?
At 3 miles road takes direction east-north-east to end of march.
At 6 miles pass beneath high walled sarai, 10Oyards square, of village of Jellali • o-ard-ns
and date palms; emerging from village cross canal, 30'broad, running swiftly south-east
bridge one archway 12' of stone, strong and in good repair J * ’
At 10 miles reach Shahraban ; Telegraph Office and Post Office; several sards • roofed
from^welU anVcanaU 9 ; S ood, clear .nd
Road throughout passable to all arms in dry weather; deep, heavy and impracticable
s “ dbriJses ^ -OS
Kizxt RabXt
directions.
18
75
Passing through roofed bazar and walled gardens
of 8hahraban, road emerges north north-east over
undulating ground, hillocky and shewing signs
Some deep and narrow with few and bad blot 1 brid-es' 1 a?^mi 1 " U '" d a m H !)
bpprvmfta mrirn — ,1 j i o ■ > ^ HUiCS glOUlld roilffh
and hillocky, becomes more elevated ; road turns nor h-cas' and lu mileS ro . ,1 & h
15', 3' below banks, by bridge, wav 9' of br cl i b, : 1 6 ?- 1,es crosses (anal - "'idih
river, width 20 yards, J 15'below banks of perpendicShrT f ^ ^ a shl ^ ish
brick; way between parapets 12'; some ruined houses near bv- roa^Pn^ anclent date ’ solid
ing gravelly country crossed by broad shallow ravines • rising ’p-en lv TA t ' a 1 verses . und T ula t-
Hamrin range of low barren hills by narrow pass - mtb ^ / £ m,le . s enter J ebel
only is deeply worn gut into smooth rock ; after some hundred vards n SY° r aniraals
spreads into several deep worn paths divided bv i-id<>vs of +i7 £ S > ^ ldens and road
miles, road widening and traveling ^me phW g wll b T T- k , 5 - radlial a ^»t to 9
At 10 miles reach summit of pass havin YYndlf f reach , I urkl f h cavalry picquet.
gentle by broad track over stones and gravel. ° ^ 1 rom plain about 400 feet; descent
stream and enter broad plairTbounde^excimt to noftl^bvTo ‘ i mileS Cr ° SS a salfc
flocks and herds grazing ; turning north at 17^0 « 7 n Ul ' S and rnl ^ s ’ a few villages ;
left the Diala river flows In broaSr ston^, ruCtd -f 0 ^ ha « d i § mife to
and Post Office; passing through dirty houses and rifo 1 / ter Klzli , liaba ^ T elegraph Office
18 miles; supplies plentiful; water abundaut ^ Sarai 0n flirth ^ sid e at
round ; fuel scarce; several sarais. ’ S d & ng 5 am P le ground for camping aU
No. of .. ,
stage. Name8 of
First 4 miles
numerous culverts
animals singly and
ents and dangerou:
6 Khanaki:
places.
At 1 mile crop
over undulating coi
At 6 miles enl
kotal 150'; descen
to 11 miles; again
soil bounded on all
Villages 3 mil
At 17£ miles c
At 18| reach \
are traversed and t’
bed 100 yards wide
yards wide.
Khanalcin .—1
on both banks of P
for camping; seven
Road throughc
Kizil Rabat would I
supplies ; in the cen
7 Kasb-i-Sh
Descent over slabs
bare hills: at 10 m
houses occupied by
gently, passing sprii
At 14 miles spi
At 15 miles coi
reached at 16 miles.
River 30 yards
on left bank large g
pass under hill cro
sarais; room for ct
Road througho
near the border line,
tier; water as noted
8 Sab-i-Pul
Sae-i-Pu:
Zohab.
parts up and down r
ally over spurs of hi

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Government of India publication printed at the Government Central Printing Office, Simla, 1899. The volume contains information on 28 land routes into and within Persia undertaken by Captain E B Burton, 17th Bengal Cavalry, and Captain H B Vaughan, 7th Bengal Infantry.

Each route description includes number of route, distances in miles (intermediate and total), stage numbers and names, precise details of the route, and remarks on road conditions, geography, settlements and peoples encountered, agriculture, access to water, and fuel and forage supply.

The volume includes a preface by Lieutenant-Colonel James Wolfe Murray, Assistant Quarter Master General, Intelligence Branch, Simla, dated 1 March 1899.

At the back of the volume is a map of south-west Persia showing the routes taken (folio 43).

An ink stamp on the front cover records the confidential nature of the publication and that it was being transmitted for the information of His Excellency the Viceroy only.

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1 volume (41 folios)
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The volume includes a list of routes (folio 5) and an alphabetical index (folios 6-7), both referring 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 43; 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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