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'Appendix to Routes in Persia. Section II' [14v] (28/86)
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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12
Route No. 5.
Balisht to Sanghur.
Authority and date. —Burton, July 1897 (from Native information)
Distances, in
miles.
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Remakes.
1
Gttleh
12
12
Cross the Razmazian pass; theroadls gooda^dk
water, cultivation and many villages and trees . 11
2
Sanghue
11
23
R °trces ry g0 ° d 5 villaseS with water ’ estivationani
Route No. 6.
Ki
Authority und
No. of
stage.
N ames (
1 Khahii
2
Shutui
Kala on Route 11) to Sanghur.
3
Kangr
Authority and ^.—Burton, July 1897 (from Native information).
No. of
stage.
Distances, in
miles.
4
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Rbmabks.
5
1
Kangilan
...
...
Good level road running for short way up the
valley of the Gawarra, then turns south-east: vil
lages, water and cultivation.
2
Sanghttr
...
...
Very good open road; has water, villages and
cultivation.
Sar-i-'
KIR S
Sehna
Route No. 7.
Kila [on Houle 11) to Kamiahah (Karmamkah-Sehna roadj.
Authority and Buetom, July 1897 (from Native information).
Distances, in
miles.
stage.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Rbuabks.
i
Mubwabi
12
12
Road bad and rough; crosses 4 watersheds or
passes ; some springs of water. Murwari, a small
village of 20 houses.
2
Yakhta Khan
...
• ••
Road is fair ; crosses one pass ; is uninhabited;
20 m houses DgS ° f Water 5 Yakhta Kban » a viUage of
3
Kamiaban
10
22
The road is good and has some springs of water
and villages at intervals.
Authority a
No. of
etage.
Nan
1
Kali
2
Basj
3
Dei
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (41 folios)
- Arrangement
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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- 'Appendix to Routes in Persia. Section II'
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- front, front-i, 2r:41v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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