Report No. 73 of 1864 by Lewis Pelly on his journey from Bandar Abbas to Cape Jask reconnoitering the route of the proposed telegraph line [1v] (2/20)
The record is made up of 1 file (10 folios). It was created in 13 Dec 1864. 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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The Stages from Minow to Roodan and Roodbar.
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The Stages from Minow to Kerman through Rood an and Roodbar
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The Route from Bunder Abbass to Lar.
The Route from Bunder Abbass to Kernian.
6. The route between Bumler Abbass and Cape Jashk may be apportioned— t
First. —Into that from Bunder Abbass to Minow, lying nearly due East.
Second. — Into the district of iVlinow itself, stretching round the North-east
angle of the Gulf of Omman ; and
Thirdly. —Into the district known as Biyaban, reaching from the Southern
boundary of Minow to a point a little to the Eastward of Cape Jashk, and
having a general direction of about South South-east.
7. Bunder Abbass and its adjacent shore line to Khameer on the West
and to the Minow district on the East, is under a local Arab Governor directly
subordinate to the Sultan of Muscat. That portion of this shore line which lies
between Bunder Abbass and Minow is a plain, having an average width of from
four to five fursacks, bounded on the South by the sea and on the North by the
mountain ranges, through which lead up the caravan routes to Lar, Ytrzd, and
Kerman. The plain itself may be generally described as arid, saline, and occasional
ly flooded, and rendered impassable for camels after the infrequent showers which
full here during the winter season. It is skirted on the North by date groves, and
dotted at wide intervals with small plantations and temporary huts at such points
as sweet water may be findable. 4 r
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8. The length of the plain from Bunder Abbass to Minow Fort is about twelve
fursacks in a direct line. This length is traversed by five paths, of which the
Northsrumost, known as the Shernil route, clings to the lower spurs of the
hills, and throws off as branches the caravan routes leading up into the interior.
The o-eneral direction of this Northern route is first from Bunder Abbass to the hills
in a North-easterly direction, then Easterly along the hills, and finally South-east
into Minow. Its total length may be twenty fursacks or so. The second path,
known as Dehnow, runs pretty nearly parallel with the first, and at an average distance
ofa fursack to the Southward. Its total length may be eighteen fursacks or so.
A third path, called Delgah or Khoshamedy, runs similarly at a distance of a fursack
or so. ] he fourth path, known as Burkah, being that which I followed, is shorter than
ti.'ose to its Northward, and is the most convenient for halts. It runs in a general
direction of East, at an average distance of a fursack from the sea-shore. The
total length of the line to Fort Minow is between thirteen and fourteen fursacks.
The fifth route follows the shore line as closely as the
Khor-e-Tauzbar.
Tashtaieez. character of the country will allow. This shore line is
indented by three creeks as per margin. This would be i
the most direct route, but owing to the marshy neighbourhood of the creeks, it is
impassable, unless for footmen.
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Report by Lewis Pelly on his journey from Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] through Minow [Minab] to Cape Jashk [Jask] to examine what effect the shore-line of the area and the nature of the local inhabitants may have on the proposed extension of the telegraph line through the region.
The report gives details on the layout of the land including distances, land types, with accompanying maps for illustration, locations of local populations and existing uses of the land for trade and agriculture. Pelly also includes assessments of the attitudes of local tribes and inhabitants to the construction of the line through their areas and incidental notes on how settlements came to be located where they are and how they acquired their names.
Following on from Pelly's report there is a report by Dr William Henry Colvill, Civil Surgeon at Bushire, which contains detailed geological information on the rock formations of the proposed route, with information on rock samples that were taken. Also included in the report are rough indications of average temperatures during the day-time and physical descriptions of the peoples living along the route.
The report concludes with detailed information on Pelly's itinerary, estimates of revenue, population for the areas travelled through, lists of villages, and information on existing caravan routes.
A sketch map which accompanies the report can be found at Mss Eur F126/106
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- Report No. 73 of 1864 by Lewis Pelly on his journey from Bandar Abbas to Cape Jask reconnoitering the route of the proposed telegraph line
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