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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [303r] (610/739)
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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547
No. 227— contd.
Tehran to Karmanshah, via Hamad an.
No.
D istances
in miles.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
Interme
diate.
Total.
B bmabes.
about 40' broad and 10' deep ; and at 12J miles
pass small fort off left. Pass extensive mud
ruins on left, and at 13J miles large straggling
village tbey belong to, on same side. At 15
miles cross canal by bridge. Near 16th mile
ford two more in succession. Thence reach en
campment in alluvial plain east of Bibikabad by
side of a Jcanat : large flourishing village with
some fine plantations and gardens.
11
SUEKABAIX
•
20
'
179
Road fort just 6 miles over level alluvial plain to
6th mile; thence level and good, over undulat
ing gravelly soil. General direction south-west
by west. Water procurable from streams and
springs on the march. Supplies procurable of
every kind.
Leaving camp, pass village of Bibikabad on right
of road. Thence no land marks until 5J miles,
where road passes for some hundred yards along
the dry bed of a stream. Thence through grassy
plain full of villages surrounded by poplar trees
and cultivation, whence gradual ascent to ruined
walled village on right, where there is a fine
spring of water. At 6J miles two other roads
join from right and left rear respectively, that
on right coming direct over the hills from Teh
ran. At 10 miles cross water-courses running
from under low mounds on right. At 11^ miles
pass spring on left. Continue over undulating
plain, and subsequently pass open defile between
low hills, and at 17 miles pass spring on right
of road, from which a kanat on that side com
mences. Soon after direct road to Hamadan
(avoiding Surkabad) branches off to right. At
17i miles pass village off right on a stream
with a bridge, over which direct road alluded
to passes. At I7i pass a high isolated rock
with scarped sides off left formed of red ston®
(an excellent landmark for a great distance
in the surrounding country). Passing under
range of low hills on right, pass ruined village
off left; and at 19 miles cross stream. Theno®
crossing numerous watercourses, which irrigate
fields and gardens alongside of road, pass
through village of Surkabad, and, fording small
river to left of ruined bridge (which has been
nearly washed away by the violence of stream
and is impassable), encamp on grassy banks.
Olose by Surkabad is a small village of about 50
inhabitants.
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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).
- Physical characteristics
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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