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'Report on the Preliminary Survey of The Route for The Central Persia Telegraph Line from Quetta to Bam and Pahra' [77v] (159/162)
The record is made up of 1 volume (77 folios). It was created in 1901. 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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44
List of hitting places on the trade route between Quetta and Koh'i-Malik
Seah —concld.
Distancis
IN MILES.
Names.
Each
stage.
From
Quetta.
Remarks.
Kondi , M
2 o\
...
A levy post. Contains one well; water about 12'
feet from ground surface, brackish. Camel graz
ing and firewood plenty from tagaz bushes
growing on sand in vicinity. Height about
2,400 feet.
Prismatic Compass
A compass fitted with a sighting vane and magnifier to achieve additional accuracy.
bearings to
Mirui 4^°, to Koh-i-Taftan 259°.
Mushki Chah
23 !
1 • •
Contains a levy thana. Water-supply from a
spring, quality brackish, and not good. Camel
grazing and firewood scarce. Height about
2,600 feet. Priimatic compass bearings to Mirui
67^°, to Kohd-Taftan 248°.
Ware Chah
28^
« • •
A levy post; water-supply from two wells ; water
in each about 12' from ground surface, quality
brackish and not good. One well was being
made in January 1901, 15 miles from Mushki
Chah; a little water was met with about 50 or
60 feet below the ground surface, but its quality
was brackish. Camel grazing at Ware Chah
very scarce. Firewood ml. Height about 2,600
feet.
Prismatic Compass
A compass fitted with a sighting vane and magnifier to achieve additional accuracy.
bearings to Koh-i-
Taftan 239,° to Koh-i-Gili 187°.
Makak
23 f
• • •
A levy post. Water from springs plenty, but
slightly brackish. Camel grazing good. Fire
wood scarce. Height about 2,900 feet. Pris
matic Compass bearings to Koh-i-Taftan 22o,°
to Koh-i-Gili 181 0 .
Saindak
« 3 t
A levy fhana. The new diversion of the trade
route south of the Koh-i-Sultan joins the old
route at this place.
Kirtaka ...,
j
i8|
A levy post. Water plenty from a spring. Camel
grazing plenty. Firewood scarce. Height
about 3,100 feet.
Chah Mahomed Raza
d
17
...
A levy post. Water from two wells about io' from
ground surface, quality slightly brackish and
not good. Camel grazing plentiful from scrub.
Firewood scarce. Height about 3,200 feet. ,
Robat
24I
478
The last levy post on the trade route in British
territory. Water plenty from a spring, quality
good. Camel grazing and firewood very scarce.
Height about 2,800 feet. A bungalow has been
built here.
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A report by Mr H A Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent, Indian Telegraph Department. Printed at the Government Central Printing Office, Simla, 1901. The report is a survey of a potential route for extending a telegraph line from India to Persia, running from Quetta to Bam, with an alternative route going to Pahra. The volume contains a description of the routes taken, estimates of cost, and notes on alignment, marking out, location of offices, shelter huts for linestaff, maintenance, water, sand, supplies, climate, and the Quetta-Siestan [Sistan] trade route.
Throughout the report are black and white photographs of the route that accompany the descriptions (folios 26,28, 30, 32, 34, 37, 39, 41, 46, 49, 51, 52, 63, 67, 70, and 71). Folio 23 is a map showing the route taken. Enclosed at the front of the volume is a copy of the 'Convention between The United Kingdom and Persia extending the System of Telegraphic Communication between Europe and India Through Persia', 1902 (folios 2-6), and twelve loose sheets of manuscript notes on the report written by George Curzon (folios 7-18).
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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 79; 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.
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