The international geography . re yet in full vigour, but some of them areonly faint representatives of former days. The few carriage-roads in Persia are limited to short distances of ahundred miles or so from the capital, the chief being to Kazvin and Resht,but it is probable that they will be extended and improved at an early are many tracks and rough lines of traffic which could easily berendered practicable not only for chapar (or posting), caravans and mule-drawn-litters, but for wheeled traffic. The physical difficulties in the wayof a complete system of roads are great, but th
The international geography . re yet in full vigour, but some of them areonly faint representatives of former days. The few carriage-roads in Persia are limited to short distances of ahundred miles or so from the capital, the chief being to Kazvin and Resht,but it is probable that they will be extended and improved at an early are many tracks and rough lines of traffic which could easily berendered practicable not only for chapar (or posting), caravans and mule-drawn-litters, but for wheeled traffic. The physical difficulties in the wayof a complete system of roads are great, but the results of such innovation,if once admitted, could not fail to bring profit both to the rulers andpeople. The most important lines of communication for Persia are thosewhich connect the capital with Tabriz, Resht, Astrabad, Mashad, Ispahan,Yezd, Kerman, Shiraz, Bushire, and the Turkish frontier at only railway in the country which was ever completed is in the closevicinity of Tehran, and is only six miles 462 The International Geography The Indo-European Telegraph Company works and controls the Julfa-Tehran telegraph line (437 miles), and the Indian Government controls theTehran-Bushire line (675 miles), and assists in maintaining the Tehran-Mashad line (568 miles) and the overland line from Kashan by Kerman and Baluchistan to India. A line alongthe Mekran coast from Karachi to Jashk(601 miles), and the Persian Gulf cablefrom Karachi to Fao, are also worked andmaintained by the Government of India aspart of the connection with Europe. Towns.—No street in all the citiesof Persia can be called respectable asEuropeans rate structural mud walls and narrow ill-pavedthoroughfares are the rule ; the windowedor terraced front of a Persian house is for
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