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The record is made up of 1 volume (146 folios). It was created in 1899. 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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Wth December 1B9S.
Jaijri.
Height, 5,246 feet.
Temp.—7 a.m., 34; 9 p.m,, 38,
Springs and pools of almost sweet water on the eastern slopes of the Seah
Band range, Fuel and camel grazing fair.
3. 2th December 1898, Chahax\ Ashahi, Height, 4,847 feet.
Temp.—7 a.m., 34 ; 6 p.m., 52.
Three wells, 2 dry, 1 contains putrid wnter, quite undrinkable, on edge
of Hamun. Camel grazing fair. Fuel scarce.
IWi December 1898. Chashmeh Ziaret, Height, 5,100 feet.
Temp.—6 a.m., 18 ; 1 p.m., 67,
Spring, good sweet water at western base of Panj Angusht hills, within 5
miles of Kaash. Grazing lair. Puel scarce,
15M December 1898, Khash. Height, 4,640 feet.
Governor
Population
Crops
Supplies
Water
Houses
... At present, under Abbas Khan, Serhang.
73 Hashim, or tents, 310 people. Including a mud fort,
in which there were five families, total 335 people.
C Wheat 6,000; barley 20,000; and some millet. Difficult
j to get exact figures as the place has been looted by
(. Jend Khan and many families have migrated.
f
)
i
...^
I
i
l
With great difficulty, we obtained 55 mans of barley at
1 Krao per man ; 28 mans of cotton seed at 1 Kran
per man; and 50 mans of straw. The people were
subsisting on cotton seed and dates. No fowls. Milk
and sheep in limited quantities. 30 cows; 100 sheep.
Man here about 4 lbs.
r One stream, 4 feet 6 inches by 9 inches, flowing 27 feet
' in 15 seconds; warm sulphur water. Temperature
) on 15th December 1898 at Kb30 a.m. was 76.° There
k were 5 Kanats, but these are all dry now.
Hashim, or tents, with a mud Kaleh or caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). -sort
of fort.
Transport ... 50 camels, 30 donkeys. Difficult to hire them.
Labour
Climate
People
Eamarks
40 or 50 ; useless, lazy, wild, uncouth savage-looking
Baloochies.
( Temp.—7 a.m., 32 ; noon, 66.
< Delightful winters ; warm summers ; snow once or
(. twice annually. Windy.
f Sarhadees mixture Balooch ; filthy and ignorant. Their
j jargon is difficult to understand : it is neither Baloochie
( nor Persian,
( Khash of to-day is said to be only one-fifth of what it
■< was 5 years ago. The cause of this is the late Shah’s
(. death, and Jend Khan being in open rebellion and

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Publication statement: Karachi: Government of India Telegraph Department, 1899.

The report describes the 'Branch Section' (Ispahan to Ardistan), followed by the five 'Sections', and 'Unsuitable Routes', of the Central Persia Telegraph Line. For each section the report provides a description of the track, a gazetteer, details of sites selected for telegraph offices, and a general summary.

The Report includes the following appendices:

  • (a) Table of distances.
  • (b) Table of Freights from Coast to Interior.
  • (c) Chemical Analyser's report on sample water.
  • (d) Statement showing cost of journey.
  • (e) Statement showing disposal of presents.
  • (f) Glossary, Persian and Baloch words.

The report includes a map at folio 5, 'Skeleton of Curzon's map of PERSIA showing Routes Examined for the Central Persia Telegraph Line'; plus a 'Sectional Plan of the Route from Ardistan to Pahra, giving Altitude of Places', at folio 21.

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1 volume (146 folios)
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A contents page can be found at folio 4.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 148; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence (v, 274pp, including map and sectional plan).

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'Report on the preliminary survey of the route for the Central Persia Telegraph Line. By W King Wood, Assistant Superintendent, Indo-European Telegraph Department.'
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front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:4v, 6r:147v, back-i
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