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'Report on the Preliminary Survey of The Route for The Central Persia Telegraph Line from Quetta to Bam and Pahra' [78r] (160/162)
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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45
List of halting places on the route from Ladis to Pahra.
Names
Distances
apart ii)^*
miles.
Remarks.
Ladis «»«
• ••
A small village. Water-supply good from an open
stream. Height 3,500 feet.
Baianichah
22 \
Contains one well near the left, or north bank of the
Dezuk nala ; water about 15' from ground surface,
quality fairly good. Camel-grazing and firewood
plenty. Height 5,300 feet.
Sciacasoor ...
l 7
A halting-ground on the bank of a narrow torrent
bed, about 40 yards wide, running from north-east
to south-west, in which a small stream of fresh
water flows. Camel-grazing and fire-wood plenty.
Height 6,200 feet.
Dehpabed ...
uj
Contains a small habitation of about 20 people.
Water is procurable from an open stream, plenty
and good. Camel-grazing plenty. Fire-wood scarce.
Sheep and goats can be purchased here. Height
5,500 feet.
Sadakh M .
17 *
A camping-ground in the centre of a large plain
where there are a few springs of brackish water.
Camel-grazing plenty. Fire-wood scarce. Height
4,500 feet.
Chahshahi ...
20^
Contains one well, water in which is about 3' from
the ground surface ; supply plentiful, quality stale,
would probably improve if well cleaned out
more frequently. Camel-grazing plenty. Fire-wood
scarce. Height 4,300 feet.
Karwandar ...
24
A small village of mud huts on the left bank of the
Karwandar stream. Contains a nice grove of date
palms, and a few acres of cultivation. The in
habitants number about 20 or 30 people. Supplies
bhoosa and dates. Cornel-grazing plenty. Fire
wood scarce. Water from Karwandar stream good
and plenty. Height 3,600 feet.
Teghab ...
12
A camping-ground on left bank of Karwandar river
bed. Camel-grazing and fire-wood plenty from
tamansh bushes. Water plenty and good. Height
2,900 feet.
Damm ... .»»
2oi
A village of about 400 people and 150 houses, on
the right bank of the Karwandar river bed. Ordin
ary supplies plenty. No bazaar. Water plenty
from Karwandar stream. Height j,2oo feet.
Pahra ... ...
» 7 t
A village of about 500 people who live mostly in
small beehive sort of huts. Plenty of cultivation
in the vicinity, and a fine grove of date palms.
There is no bazaar and no shops, but ordinary
supplies can be procured in plenty. Water also
plenty and good. Height 1,800 feet.
162I
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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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