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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [212r] (428/739)
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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369
47
No. 17 d—COlli (I.
Samnan to Karat, via Duzai,
No.
D istances
in miles.
of
stage.
Names of stages*
Interme
diate.
Total.
eamabka.
12
Chashma Sabai
B unab*
3,500'.
ql
*'4
170i
Eoad over open and stony undulations. Then
after a stream-bed over Jcavir, which extends
for 1 mile to left. At 3^ miles cross dry water
course. Then descend over a sandy sloping
hank by track, and at 3f miles halt at spring.
Road good, with exceptions noted.
Two springs of fresh water. Fresh only near their
source.
Numerous other springs, as well as a fair stream
(brackish).
Good camping-ground north of this.
13
Camp on Kavie
2,890'.
16|
187
Descend down dry watercourse which for 20 yards
is impassable to guns. Then south along water
course with (sand and gravel) between perpendicu^
lar banks. At 1|- miles leave str«am-bed which
runs towards Tcavir and across sandy soil over open
ground surrounded by low hills. At 4 miles road
commences to ascend gently over low rounded
gravelly hills. Over a level bit of clay.
At 4^ miles pass between two low rounded hill
tops, 100 yards apart. Then descend gently over
a vast tract of open country. On right ground
falls away for about 6 miles till it reaches Tcavir ;
on left the ground rises in a succession of low
gravelly undulations till it reaches a distant range
of hills. At 15 miles road descends over some broken
ground on to Tcavir, where halt at 16J miles*
Supplies none. Water none. Plenty of firewood.
14
Chashma
Abulhaitla.
3,080'.
lof
I97f
Eoad heavy for guns from 2nd to 6th mile ; very
stony for remainder of route. Passable to all a^ma
except in rainy weather. Good camping-ground ^
two fresh springs.
15
Gil Chashma
4,700'.
29
226f
March south and at 1J miles rejoin road, whence south*
east over stony open ground. At 3i leave road and
turn towards hills to Chashma Aziz; rejoin road
after going} mile. Proceed along main road
(hard and gravelly): from 6j miles level; Kalmara
river (2,700'): is intensely salt.
There must be at least 10 feet of water in the river
when in flood.
High ground, half a mile to north and on left bank,
completely commands the river crossing and the
road from Abulhaiyla.
One farsakh north of this, at the foot of the Kuh*
i-Heizum, and on left bank of river, said to be &
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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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