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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [103r] (210/739)
The record is made up of 1 volume (367 folios). It was created in 1898. 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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151
No. 82— coneld.
I sfahan to S ultania, via Kashan, Kum, and Ziahad,
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
D istances
in" miles.
R bmakks.
Interme
diate.
Total.
15
SUITANIA.
5,990'.
20
353
this a fort on the left, about 2 furlongs distant, a
river running between.
Haian is also situated on the banks of this river,
and is a considerable village.
Range of mountains on the left, about 5 or 6 miles
off ; those on the right about or 3 miles; road
good.
At 4 miles a village called Sainkala; a rivulet
running near it; the mountains on the right
about 2 miles distant. Two miles more the road
leads over a plain, after which it lies over and
between small hills, until within 3 or 4 miles of
Sultania, where it becomes veiy good. This place
is situated in a line plain, covered with springs of
excellent water.
Jakes gives the following stages from Kum :—-
9
Mujidabad ...
26f
199|
In going from Kum the Tehran road (which goes
more to the east) is left at Sfarsakhs from Kum.
The celebrated enchanted hill called "Gede-
gelmiz," Who goes, never returns, ,, is passed.
Near Mujidabad, cross a small river running
east. Six hours.
10
Daung
36J
235i
A small village. At 2 farsaTchs from Mujidabad
pass a fort called Torregnarin, and some streams
of water ; on the right a village. Sawa, a con
siderable town, is passed Sfarsakhs from Mujid
abad, 2 or 3 miles on the left of the road. Near
Daung, a distant range of mountains to the north,
covered with snow. Eight hours.
11
Sagziabad
46
281f
Six farsahhs from Daung pass a round caravan-
sarai called Jib. It is situated at the entrance of
hills on leaving the plain of Daung. After pass
ing the hills, descend into the large plain in
which Kazvin is said to be situated ; here are a
number of small villages. Ten hours.
12
Bustanak
27
co
o
go
ihc*.
Bustanak is in a very extensive plain, with
many villages and cultivation. The people talk
Turkish.
13
Khubamdaeea
29
3371-
More villages and more cultivation. Through tha
ravine in which this village is situated runs a
small river.
14
sultanil
21
358f
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The volume is a Government of India official publication entitled Routes in Persia. Section III. Compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General's Department in India (Simla: printed at the Government Central Printing Office, 1898).
The volume contains details of all land routes (numbered 1-247) in Persia starting from Russian territory and extending south as far as a line drawn from Karmanshah [Kermānshāh] south-eastwards through Burujird [Borūjerd], Isfahan [Eşfahān] and Yazd to Karman [Kermān], and thence north-east to Khabis [Khabīş] and Neh to Lash Juwain [Lāsh-e Juwayn].
The information given for each route comprises:
- number of route;
- place names forming starting point and destination of route;
- authority and date;
- number of stage;
- names of stages;
- distance in miles (intermediate and total);
- remarks (including precise details of the route, general geographical information, and information on smaller settlements, local peoples, agriculture, condition of roads, access to water, supplies of wood, and other routes).
An appendix within the volume (folios 356-359) and two separately-stored sets of loose sheets (containing routes numbers 77 (a) and 140-A, folios 363-369) give information too late for incorporation in the body of the work.
The volume also contains pockets attached to the front and back inside covers for maps. These consist of an index map showing the limits of each of the three sections of Routes in Persia (folio 2) and an index map to the routes in Section III (folio 361). There is also a fold-out map of the route from Seistan [Sīstān] to Mashad on folio 232.
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 (Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin and 16th Earl of Kincardine) only.
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- 1 volume (367 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains an alphabetical cross index (folios 6-17), and an alphabetical index to names of places (folios 18-25).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates on the last page of the loose supplementary sheets (found in the small grey folder within the main folder); 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 volume also contains a printed pagination sequence.
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