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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [37r] (78/536)
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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Route No. Ill— contd.
course of which it follows. At 1 mile 3 buildings are'
reached ; at this point the motor road which skirts Sehlabad
joins the track and coincides with it. At miles
Persian telegraph line crosses track. At 3 miles motor
road to Sarbisheh leaves track on right and track continues
straight on, gradually bearing slightly more to W. Water
channel is now left (on right). Up to this point track runs
over broad level plain, distant hills on either side, good hard
going. At 3 miles a low red hill commands the junction of
the roads—about 350 yards to NE. Track gradually ascends.
At 4 miles the Ziarat of Said Ali is passed on right and track
crosses another small water channel fed from a reservoir of
brackish water which is reached at 6 miles. Ascent continues
to a pass at 8 miles. Here going somewhat bad owing to
extensive excavations by which karez water is brought from
far side of pass and collected in a small reservoir on this side
—this water is good. Existing track is easy for troops and
animals but would require broadening and improving for motors.
From pass, track descends into valley, good going. At 11 miles
Ibrahimabad (or Ibrahimi) is reached, good and plentiful
water from karez and small reservoir. Limited supplies, such
as sheep, goats, milk, etc., obtainable. Camel grazing very
fair, fuel scarce. Camping ground unlimited. Going continues
good up valley till at 12 miles track divides in two, the main
track to the right the other to the left into the village of Kaidasht
at 13 miles. Kaidasht has plentiful good water from karezc
stored in reservoirs. A few crops grown round the village.
Numerous sheep and goats seen in the neighbourhood, also
camels. Grazing very fair. Fuel scarce. Camping ground
unlimited. In the vicinity of Kaidasht the road surface is bad
owing to small irrigation nalas and stones. Main track
skirts village. At 15 miles valley broadens and track passes
between a hill in centre of valley and low hills on right. At
16 miles the village of Dastgird surrounded by few r fields
of crops and vegetables. A spring supplies good water. Graz
ing poor. Fuel scarce. Camping ground unlimited. Just
outside Dastgird a track branches off to the right through
the hills running N.; main track continues up valley. At 18
miles, is a covered hauz of good water and at 19| miles a
similar one. The latter however contains leeches so water
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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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- '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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