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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [314r] (632/739)
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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569
72
No. ZZS—contd.
T ehran fo M ashad, via KiMak, Samnan, Sfc,
No.
Distances
in milks.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
Intorme-
diate.
Total.
Kemarks.
-
camels. It is only passable at all in sunomer.
The heights cannot be crowned. Pass through
village and ascend, winding throuuh gardens and
streams for 1| miles, when there is a steep rocky
descent. Pass along causeway,. overlooking deep
ravine. At 2J miles enter the pass with high
and precipitous rocks on both sides. At" 7 miles
small stone sarai on mountain side on left.
Thence road is very steep, but stony. At 7|
miles a very steep ascent for 20 minutes, when
the summit is reached, and where there are sev
eral large heaps of stones thrown up by pilgrims.
Descent steep, but broad. Near the top is a
very sharp pitch for 10 minutes, at the bottom
of which a stream falls into the road, which
becomes narrow and stony. At 11 miles a stone
sarai on left; ard at 12| descent becomes very
narrow, and bushes appear. At 13 miles pass
opens for half a mile, and the land is cultivated
in small patches on right. At ]3| miles very
rugged, narrow, and difficult, and at 13f miles is
a small waterfall on left. At 14 miles is an
open space (field) suitable for camp. Water all
the way clear and good. Supplies none.
25
Turukhbeh ..
10
522i
*
Direction north-east. Road abominable all the way.
Cross the torrent a countless number of times.
Continue descent at half a mile. A solitary pop
lar on a high rock to right. At 2 miles avenue
of plane trees. Presently road becomes execrable,
steps cut by feet of mules. At 2| miles small
open space with house in orchard on left. At
4 miles village of Jaghark, gardens and orchards.
At 5 miles village of Ambaran. Soon after
emerge from pass. Undulating ascent through
walled lane, with gardens on both sides. The
torrent that flows down the pass continues along
the valley, which is full of splendid trees on right.
At 5J miles reach top of ridge. A fort on right
front on the top of the mountain. Tarn right
to Turukhbeh, a long winding street in the
midst of plantations. The proper road is straight
on over steep ridge. Water plentiful and good.
Supplies in small quantity.
26
Mashad
12
6Ui
Direction north-north-east to Gulistan ; thence
east-south-east over the Kotal-i-Torbaraz, and
across the great plain of Mashad. Koad for
first hour bad over hills ; rest good. Poil gravel
and alluvial. Pass through lanes with gardens
and orchards on both sides and ascend to inga
level plateau. At 1 mile avenue of mulberry
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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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