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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [33v] (71/536)
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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58
Route No. Ill— contd.
Fuel. —Scanty.
Grazing. —Good.
Supplies. —Sufficient for 2 squadrons of cavalry, in town.
28 ROBAT-I- .. 20J m. Direction NNW. Over
SANG. Turbat plain going
520f hard ; gradual ascent
for 8 miles to Abbasabad about 10 houses (only a changing
place for post horses). Water from karez flowing along side
road, supply unlimited, the karez follows road for 4 miles till
summit of Gudar-i-Kharsang. Pass is reached. Ascent to top
of pass is steep, especially last 200 yards. Descent is
steep for about \ mile and only 12 feet wide, then a steady
descent into the valley and over a small ridge to village
Khami, at 14 miles, (20 houses). Water good and plentiful
from karez. Camping ground for 1 regiment of cavalry. Cara
van-serai is reached at 14| miles where there is little accom
modation. From here road ascends steeply the Khamari pass
reaching summit at 18 miles. In places pass is very narrow and
is very rocky, descent is steep ; road enters low undulating
country at 19| miles and reaches Robat-i-Sang at 20|- miles.
Robat-i-Sang is a small village of about 25 houses, no sup
plies and little cultivation.
Camping ground. —For 1 brigade.
Water. —Unlimited from 1 large karez.
Fuel. — Nil.
Grazing. —Fair along the whole route.
Supplies. — Nil.
29 ROBAT-I- .. 22£ m. Road runs NE. across
SAFID. the Julgeh-i-Rukh
543J and passes small
village of Hashmatabad at 4£ miles to the left, water here poor,
sufficient for 1 troop. At 6 £ miles pass Nazamieh and
Muhammadabad about | mile and 1 mile respectively to left
of the road. First has water from karez sufficient for % squadron
and second suffic^nt for 2 squadrons. Asadabad (kaleh-i-shah-
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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)
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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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