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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [50v] (105/536)
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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92
Route No. Ill— contd.
■of the Kila-i-Salar (water brackish, fit for animals only) then
ascends a hill at 11 | miles with fairly steep gradients and at 12
miles descends gradually over an undulating surface.
At 14 miles road descends to open plain and reaches Busbar
at 17 miles. Two karezes good water and 1 hauz good water,
sufficient for one brigade. Large village 300 houses, supplies
from here and surrounding villages sufficient for one cavalry
regiment for 3 months. Fuel plentiful. Grazing good.
Camping ground for one brigade cavalry.
5 TURBAT-I- .. 18 m. General direction
HAIDARI. ENE. Over open
jqq plains and joins
Turbatd-Haidari road at 4 miles. (For rest of road see route
III.)
ALTERNATIVE ROUTE III(L).
KAKH (III (J)) to TURBAT-I-HAIDARI (Stage 27)
via BIJISTAN.
122 ^ miles. ^ stages.
A uthorit y .—Goldsmid, 1872; Bellew 1893; Sykes,
1903 ; E. P. Cordon, 1918 (stages 3
and 4).
Epitome .—Stage 2 is too long for troops, and is very
hilly, impassable for field artillery and probably suited for
mules only, otherwise the road seems fit for camels. Good
"supplies at Bijistan, (stage 2) and fair at Zibad, (stage 1).
Tun si, stage 3, is a poor village. Water supply good for first
.26 miles and at Bijistan. The last 12 miles of stage 2 are
waterless. Limited water at stage 3 and scarce en route. Stage
'4 watetless after crossing the Rud-i-Kavir.
No. of stage
and total
distance.
Details.
1
15
ZIBAD
15 m. Route NW. Under
shadow of hills to
the S. Cross about
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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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