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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [14v] (33/536)
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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20
Route No. II — contd .
16 GHAKPAI .. 17 m. General direction
— (well). NNW. The track
257 runs SW. for a short
distance over terraced fields, and then turns up the valley which
runs NW. from Bamrud, keeping close under the northern
hills ; it is good going and free from stones. The Bamrud
hills continue on the right for about 7 miles, and then gradually
sink down, to be succeeded by some low hills at about the 12 th
mile. At 17 miles, Chakpai is reached. The well is not more
than 3 feet in diameter and the water is 70 feet below the surface r
it is said to fill up quickly, but, in any case, the difficulty of
drawing water from it would prevent any but a very small party
being watered here. A force using this route would have to
bring water with it. There is absolutely no water in dry weather
on the main road between Bamrud and Mijnabad, 34£ miles,
except at the Chakpai well. A better route could be found by
marching to Findukht, 20£ miles, thence 24 miles to Mijnabad
passing the village of Ruknabad at 22£ miles. Total for tho
2 stages, 44| miles.
Water .—See above.
17
274£
MIJNABAD .
(Muzinabad)
(2,450 / ).
17£ m. General direction N.
Road over low hills,
at about 8 miles
turns due N. and ascends a low range from which Mijnabad is
seen in the distance. The descent is long and gradual, a hauz,
sufficient for watering 50 camels, when full, is passed at 9£
miles. The going is very good throughout, and there is excellent
camel-grazing en route. Mijnabad has about 100 houses and 3
or 4 gardens. Water and camel-grazing good.
Water. —Good.
Fodder. —Good camel-grazing.
Suppli es. —F air.
18 SANGUN-I- .. 23 m. General direction
— PAIN NNE. Road over
297^ (3,000') sandy plain the
whole way and good. At 4j miles, salt stream in wide bed with
rather steep banks is crossed. There are hauzes at 7 and 15
miles containing water, and the latter Hauz-i-Khwaja Khizr
—situated just where the road passes between two low isolated
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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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