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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [187r] (378/739)
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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819
No. 166— contd.
Neh to Khur, vid Chahar FarsaJch.
No.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
D istances
in mil/ eb.
———— ^ ■
B buasei.
Interme
diate.
Total.
4
K alata S ang-i-
S afed.
26}
85 g
Barotneter 24 , 49 < '; thermometer 26° at 7 a.m.,
31st January.
Leave Simak, bearing 320°, and proceed along
western slope of valley over undulating ground.
At 3i miles the Kuh-i-Arabkhana bears 15°, and
appears to be about 8 miles off. In front are
some detached hills stretching down from the
low ridge on west, right across valley. The shrubs
here are " ghich, ,, padom " and " sawar," the
two former being fit for fuel and the latter giv
ing good camel grazing. The range on left is
called Kuh-i-Sultana or Kuh-i-Palgi. Every
man seems to have a name of his own for these
hills, excepting the very big ones. There is said
to be a hamlet called Sultana, not visible from
road, containing 10 or 12 houses. Beyond it
again is a lofty snow-clad range, the' Kuh-i-
Barak.
The low range on left ends and the Kuh-i-Barak
comes into full view at 7J miles.
The road passes at SJ miles between two hills close
together. There are a dozen huts here at present
untenanted, also a T ioloz. A good deal of cultiva*
tion goes on here in the spring—dehin crops, i .e.,
dependant on rain and not irrigated.
At 12J miles the road runs down a broad valley ;
on left are a series of spurs from the Barak Kuh!
To right are seen northern slopes of the Arab-
khana range, covered with snow.
Pass another dry watercourse at 14|- miles. From
here about 2 miles to north is the Kalata-i-Bum-
bur, containing 20 houses. Bearing to the end of
the Arabkhana range, 90°. Bearing to peak
above Bumbur, 15°.
At 154 miles pass a Tiaoz, J mile off track to right*
size 15' by 15', depth 6' (at present dry).
At 21 miles a spur from the range on right crosses
the track in front. _ Pehind it lies Sipchah
village. The soil here is gravel. At 23i miles is
seen on right a sea of mountain-tops stretching
away for about 20 miles; a road branches off to
right hence to Khusp, said to be more populous
than this route. On left are low ranges.
Track bears towards Sipehah.
Pass a low red hill, | mile to right, at 26 miles and
after crossing some undulating ground.
Reach Kalata Sang-i-Safed, likewise a miserable
hamlet containing only three families, one yoke of
oxen. Supplies sufficient for two days for 8
mules procurable.
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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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