كليدواژه :
كتابچه روزنامه , ذوالفقارخان كرماني , تهران و آذربايجان , نقشه و تعيين عوارض راه , تهران تا تبريز , جغرافياي تاريخي
چكيده فارسي :
كتابچه روزنامه سفر ماموريت به آذربايجان، گزارشي است كه ذوالفقارخان كرماني به‌دستور ناصرالدين شاه براي تهيه نقشه و تعيين عوارض راه تهران تا تبريز و تخمين هزينه‌هاي تعمير آن در سال 1298 ھ.ق. تهيه كرده است. اين سند دربردارنده اطلاعات ارزشمندي درباره عوارض بين راه، فاصله شهرها، تخمين هزينه تعمير جاده‌ها و پل‌هاي بين راهي، گزارش درباره وضعيت شهرها و جغرافياي تاريخي نواحي مسير اين راه در دوره قاجار است. در اين مقاله، متن تصحيح‌شده اين كتابچه براي نخستين بار ارايه مي‌شود.
چكيده لاتين :
Considering the importance of connection routes of the northern Iran to Russia and Europe in the Qajar era, building Azerbaijan paved road was initiated at Naser-ad-Din Shah’s command after his return to Iran from his second journey to Europe. The plan’s aim was to stretch this road from Tehran to Jolfa and finally to the banks of the Aras River. Other routes were supposed to be built in the same way. Nevertheless, the aforesaid project itself was terminated and the route ended in Qazvin. In 1880, Zolfaqār-Khān Kermani was commissioned by the Shah to prepare a map of the Tehran-Tabriz route, determine its geographical features and to estimate its repair costs. This mission achieved by providing the route map as well as a booklet. Zolfaqār-Khān Kermani was a graduate of the Dar-ol-Fonun (the Polytechnique School). Earlier, he had assisted, among others, Krziz in developing the Tehran map. Some of these maps have been found today. He also authored several books. Since he is one of the first graduates of Dar-ol-Fonun engineers, revising and publishing his booklet is of importance. Understanding and introducing the works of pioneer engineers such as Zolfaqār-Khān can help delineate how their acquaintance with the new sciences had an impact on the development of the trajectory of Iran. This paper presents his travel’s account. The content of it includes an estimation of the distance between cities and villages and a report on the quality of roads. This document contains valuable information about the historical geography of the route in the Qajar period. In this book, Zolfaqār-Khān introduces the geographical features such as rivers, plains, mountains, springs, and gorges and analyzes the operational needs such as construction and repair of the bridges along with their costs. The criterion for repairing a road in this booklet is its conversion to allow using carriages. With a critical view, he gives in his text a brief account of the general condition of some cities including their alleyways, houses, fortifications and moats and provides some suggestions for their improvement. Furthermore, he offers a description of the towns in terms of their agronomic, climatic, and water requirements for agriculture. In this paper, for the first time, after introducing Zolfaqār-Khān and reviewing his publications, a revised text of this booklet would be presented. With the numerical estimates of expenses recorded in Siāq script, the booklet contains 36 pages. The map for this booklet has not yet been found.
