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'Report on the Preliminary Survey of The Route for The Central Persia Telegraph Line from Quetta to Bam and Pahra' [77r] (158/162)
The record is made up of 1 volume (77 folios). It was created in 1901. 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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43
List of halting places on the trade route between Quetta and Koh-i-Malik
Seah.*
Names.
Distances in miles.
Girdi Bagh or Girdi
Talao.
Talira
Kurdagap
Each
stage.
Kishingi
Nushki
Baghak
Mai or bhakkar Chah
Kuchakki
Padag
Yadgar
Karodak
Dalbandin
Jujaki
Mirui
Chahsundan
T ratoh
*7
25
From
QuetU.
23 !
II*
8
26
«6*
U
22
20
i6£
26h
20j
20^
24
« 5 l
93
216
Remakks.
A small fort with accomodation for travellers has
recently been constructed here.
A small mud fort similar to that at Girdi Talao
has been built here. Water supply from a
small stream good. Talira is about two miles
north-west of Kanak village where ordinary
supplies can be procured.
Small village of mud houses. Water good and
plentiful from an open stream. Supplies pro
curable in fair quantities. A small thana with
accommodation for travellers has been built at
a short distance from the village.
A small thana has been built here with accommo
dation for travellers. Water from wells scarce
No village or inhabitants near.
Fair sized village. A d&k bungalow has been
built here, supplies procurable in plenty.
A small village of mud huts. Water plenty and
good.
A
dak
System of postal communication used in Moghul India and later by the East India Company.
bungalow being built here.
A levy post.
Do. A dSk bungalow being built here.
Do.
Do.
Contains a Thana and Ddk Bungalow.
Water from small spring brackish.
A dftk bungalow has been built here. Arrange
ments are being made to break up the distance
from Dalbandin to Mirui, 46I miles, into three
stages; levy posts are being built at Chagul, 18
miles from Dalbandin, and Sotak, 14^ miles
from Chagul, but at each of these places the
water-supply is scarce, and brackish.
A levy post. The new trade route diversion
branches off west from here, the old route went
north-west to Butak.
A levy post. Contains two wells ; water in each
* about 15' from ground surface; quality not good,
very salt. Firewood, and camel grazing scarce.
Height about 2,800 feet.
Prismatic Compass
A compass fitted with a sighting vane and magnifier to achieve additional accuracy.
bearings to Mirui 309,° to Malik Gatt 83°.
• . r , . halting daces between Quetta and Chahsundan will be found in my former
t.por. f.C Th. r ”Sc» »"w given*have n, e a,« te n b y a c,clo,„.t.r and ar. app.oxima,.!, correct
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A report by Mr H A Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent, Indian Telegraph Department. Printed at the Government Central Printing Office, Simla, 1901. The report is a survey of a potential route for extending a telegraph line from India to Persia, running from Quetta to Bam, with an alternative route going to Pahra. The volume contains a description of the routes taken, estimates of cost, and notes on alignment, marking out, location of offices, shelter huts for linestaff, maintenance, water, sand, supplies, climate, and the Quetta-Siestan [Sistan] trade route.
Throughout the report are black and white photographs of the route that accompany the descriptions (folios 26,28, 30, 32, 34, 37, 39, 41, 46, 49, 51, 52, 63, 67, 70, and 71). Folio 23 is a map showing the route taken. Enclosed at the front of the volume is a copy of the 'Convention between The United Kingdom and Persia extending the System of Telegraphic Communication between Europe and India Through Persia', 1902 (folios 2-6), and twelve loose sheets of manuscript notes on the report written by George Curzon (folios 7-18).
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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 79; 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.
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