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'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia: About 1889-1890' [298r] (615/1486)
The record is made up of 1 file (742 folios). It was created in 1889-1894. 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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Memo, on Askabad, Kuehan, Meshad Road, with reference to
its capabilities of being converted into a Rail-road, &c., &c.
In a memorandum I addressed to Her Britannic Majesty’s Legation by this
office No. 376, dated the 5th of September 1889, certain information was given
as to the Askabad Meshad Road and it has been thought best to attach a copy
thereof to this. Actual inspection of the road reported on has proved that many
corrections are necessary.
I left Askabad on the 28th of November and traversed the direction of the
road, which is not yet open throughout its whole length. The journey to Kuchan
occupied three days caravaning, that from Kuchan to Meshad two days in a
carriage with three horses.
Referring to the table attached, I found the first two sections precisely as
described therein. Section 3 was in a bad state, and vehicles frequently prefer
to take the open country, than to follow it. The bridges and culverts are so
badly and narrowly built, that four horses cannot go abreast over them; some
are of rickety wood-work ; in many places no culverts spanned the water-courses.
The road from Meshad rises imperceptibly to the neighbourhood of Shur-
cha {vide Napier’s map) where the
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
between the Atrek and the Kash-
afrud is crossed at a distance of about 68 miles from Meshad.
I find that the distances from Meshad to Kuchan in sections Nos. 1 and 2
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This file is separated into three folders. It primarily consists of George Curzon's handwritten research notes prepared before writing his book, Persia and the Persian Question . The file also contains a variety of printed material that accompanies the handwritten notes. This includes printed research papers by various academics, newspaper clippings, personal letters from other researchers and diplomats, as well as maps and trade reports on various parts of Persia, mainly the southern ports.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the final folio with 742; 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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- 'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia: About 1889-1890'
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- 1r:2v, 37r:52v, 55r:68v, 72r:87v, 92r:109v, 118r:118v, 122r:124v, 258r:264v, 298r:302v, 327r:327v, 329r:329v, 365r:366v, 440r:440v, 490r:490v, 501r:502v, 539r:539v, 541r:550v, 552r:553v, 554ar, 554r:555v, 559r:560v, 562r:595v, 597r:633v, 643r:646v, 718r:742v
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