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'Appendix to Routes in Persia. Section II' [‎20r] (39/86)

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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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'nd Tang-i-
?am on the left
m south-sonth-
its summit
here and there,
its in August)
hen on down
tiii-an, a village
‘urds. Water,
of the village
•nt impassable
ian, distant 8
est down the
valley stream,
U 1 mile pass
village of 30
icren ground
and a stream
4 miles reach
e valley and
98 pass Kazul,
trees, and at
iter, gardens
hills on the
road ascends
earn. At 7$
han, Kuliai
3 can camp
ams crossed
crosses the
in a south-
steeply up
reaches the
t ly miles,
id descends
miles pass
3 fall away
ir away on
'earns in a
right side
stream to
»n the left
’s, on the
jroo 1 graz-
Elevation
Route No. \Z—concld.
From Sehna to Karmamhah via Gawa Rud ralley, Bez Giran and Tang.u
Kinishk —concld.
No. of
stage.
10
Kala Bizarud.
Distances, in
MILES.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Gardanah
9
84|
KaLUI.
Kemabks.
Leave Gandabad by a good road running east up
1 he valley. At 1 £ miles cross over a low watershed The boundary between adjacent drainage basins. ,
the (.ardanah Gandabad, elevation about 5,800 feet,
*. 7 -i , ancl .descend genUy onto an open plain, that of
-- - Ai 7 miles reach a road from Bizarud, go along it in a southerly direction
and commence an ascent out of the valley up a road which grows by degrees s+een and roekv
At 9 mtles reach the summit of the Gardanah Kalui. The route from tL 7 S P mde is des
cribed in route No. 11 harmanshah to .Selina
There is water some little distance to the west of the Gardanah Kalui. The ground is
open and suitable for camping. _ Troops could halt at this point, where there is a camp of
nomads in summer time. Elevation 0,(560 feet. Grazing plentiful, firewood scarce.
n
I
yiide Route No. 11 Karmanshah to Sehna, vid
| Tang-i-Kinishk and Kala.
11
Zalu-Ab
9|
94
12
Tak Bostam
1<4
108£
13
Karmanshah .
6f
U4i
Route No. 13.
FROM Pir Magau to Karman8ha.it, vid Dez Oiran and Khaglistan.
Authority and Vaughan, 1897. {Parity from Native information?)
Distances, in
No. of
stage.
MILES.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Remakes.
Kaskhami
10 |
lOf
A good road, mountainous nearly the whole wav.
It crosses the Gawa Kud south of Pir Magar and
ascends over the hills to the south of the river
crossing the hills to the west of the Kuh Hashta.
At about 8 miles the track joins the road between Shekh-Rush and Kaskhami at the site of
a nomad camp at about miles and continues on as therein described (vide route No. 12) for
2^ miles
2
about 60 houses
Vide route No 12.
Road leaves Dez Giran and runs down a valley
following the road to Kamiaran. At about 4
miles leave the Kamiaran road and go to the left
and at 8 miles reach Gurgan, a village containing
Trees, gardens and cultivation. Water plentiful from a stream.
Dez Giban
5
15*
Gubgan
8
23*
From this point the route follows the main road from Sehna to Karmanshah.
Khaglistan
Karmanshah
16
39f
Vide Route No. 101, Section III, Routes in
Persia, Sehna to Karmanshah.

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Content

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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