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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [313r] (630/739)
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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567
No. 228— contd.
T ehran to M ashad, via KishlaJc, Sam nan ) fyc.
No.
of
stage.
2<
Names of stages.
D istances
in miles.
Interme-j T , ,
diute. AOtai
Zafarani
21
25
S hoeab
22 Nishabur
17
45 Oi
25
475^
R emarks.
Water good and
about half of them are occupied,
plentiful from hanat. Supplies abundant. Cul
tivation chiefly cotton.
Road good and passable to all arms. Dne east across
plain between two distant mountain ranges.
The soil is firm and gravelly. Country as far as
caravansarai Sar Poshida covered with a succes
sion of flourishing villages, well supplied with
water, and surrounded by cultivation. At 17
miles kanat ; and at 19 miles a brick cistern of
good water on left, and line of kanats on right.
At 25 miles a stream of good water, and walled
village Zafarani, with 120 houses and an excel
lent sarai. No supplies. Post-house.
Boad fair and passable to all arms. Direction to foot
of pass, east-south-east thence east by south.
Road good throughout, a little stony in some
places, and rather narrow in others. The first"
half, level and alluvial ; the last-half undulating
and gravelly. At 2 miles cross dry bed of tor
rent ; at 3 miles gradual ascent to hills; and at
5j miles deep rums of fort and brick cistern on
right. At 7| miles deep dry bed ; at 8 miles
enter defile ; and at 9 miles fort of Khalideh
and brick sarai on right, where is a village of 60
houses near some good springs of fresh water.
Village is called Sangi. Cross stream, which
runs through tamarisk jungle, and cross it again
twice at intervals of J mile. After this ascent,
at first steep and narrow, then undulating and
winding, and afterwards a gentle rise. At 13
miles road turns off to left; and at 13| miles
pass a small spring on left; ^ mile farther a steep
ridge. At 15 miles broad dry bed of river; and
at 17 miles fortified village of Shorab, 60 houses
on left. Water, gardens, etc., on right. Water
good and plentiful. Supplies none.
Road fair and passable to all arms. First over fairly
level ground, then over chain of low hills, thence
passing a fresh spring on right, crosses over plain.
At 9 miles village of Sardeh on left (said to be
1 farsakh from Zaminabad). Water from kanat.
At 15 miles ruins of Hasanabad village. Here a
road joins in from Shorab vid Zaminabad. Water
plentiful hence to end of march. Telegraph sta
tion (Persian staff). Post-house. See Index.
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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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