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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [24v] (53/536)
The record is made up of 1 volume (264 folios). It was created in 1928. 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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40
Route No. II— contd.
Water. —Good.
Supplies. —Plentiful.
7 MARAGHEH .. 15 m. General direction NW-
Road is mostly level
114 as far as Farah Gird
at the 10th mile. Thence over hilly bad road, impassable for
wheeled traffic. Farah Gird consists of several villages and a
conical mound, surmounted by some old buildings in the centre.
It belongs to the shrine at Meshed. Maragheh and the next
village, Sang-i-Atish, now contain about 100 families of Barbarl
cultivators between them, who own 24 ploughs.
Water .—Good and plentiful from a karez.
Grazing. —Good.
Supplies. — Nil.
8 KULA BAKHSH 18 m. General direction N.
At Maragheh there
132 are two roads. The
upper one, through the hills, said to be difficult for baggage
animals, and the lower one via Kula Bakhsh. The latter road
runs down the bed of the stream for some distance, and then
turning off to the left, passes the village of Asasur and on across
an open plain to Kula Bakhsh, distant about 11 miles.
Camping ground .—For 1 squadron.
Water .—Salt from 1 karez ; another karez, 2 miles before
reaching Kula Bakhsh, J mile from road, water good and
sufficient for 2 squadrons.
Fuel. — Nil.
Grazing. —Good.
9 TURUQ.. .. 16 m. N. over steep hills,
(2,860'). going bad for 6
148 miles, then over
undulating country, going easy, grazing good along the route.
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The volume is a Government of India official publication entitled Routes in Persia. (Volume I.) (Khorasan and Sistan.) General Staff India 1928 (Calcutta, Government of India Press, 1928).
The volume contains details of land routes. The information given for each route comprises:
- number of route;
- place names forming starting point and destination of route;
- authority and date;
- number of stage;
- names of stages;
- distance in miles (intermediate and total);
- remarks (including precise details of the route, general geographical information, and information on smaller settlements, local peoples, religious affiliations, condition of roads, access to water, supplies of wood, and other routes).
The volume also contains a map entitled Index Map to Routes in Persia Vol. I ., which shows a region of northern and eastern Persia, indicating routes described in the volume, cities, towns, roads, tracks and paths. The map was printed by the Simla Drawing Office, Survey of India, and includes a printing statement which reads 'S.D.O.S.I. No 5376. June 28.'.
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- 1 volume (264 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume includes a glossary (folios 246-250) and an index (folios 251-263), and provides a map in a pocket attached to the inside back cover (folio 265).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 266; 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:264v, back-i
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