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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [15r] (34/536)
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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21
Route No. II — contd.
hills, is said never to dry. Sangun is a village of 400 houses
lying in a hollow in the Khaf valley, which contains several
large villages. The town of Rui Khaf lies 11 miles to the AW.
.of Sangun.
Water .—Good and abundant.
Fodder .—Good camel-grazing.
Supplies .—Sufficient for a division for a week.
19
KARAT
(3,600')
.. 24j m. General direction
NNE. Road as-
2213 . cends gradually
towards the hills. At 9 miles is Duzbad, containing only a
Chdpdr Khdneh of the post line, which runs from Turbat-i-
Haidari through Karez to Pul-i-Khatun, good water, but no
supplies.
The road enters a defile variously called the Tang-i-Gul
Shutar, the Val-i-Dardari or the Dehaneh-i-Shishab, which is f
mile long with a bad road, passable only for pack animals,
though with slight improvements could be made fit tor be la
artillery. The ground on either side of the track is very broken
and difficult. The ascent is gradual to the summit of_the pass,
Buri-i-Gulugah, mile 15, about 1,500 feet above Sangun, where
the kutal is not very marked. The descent is also easy and
gradual ; for a mile down a rather narrow ravine, and then
down a grassy valley. At 17 miles Burj-i-Kara a watch tower
on a mound to the right (south). At mile 20 reach Sar-i-Chas
meh-i-Karat, where there is a perennial stream of good running
water (1,000 gallons per hour). In summer this stream may dry
up nearer Karat, and this spot would form a good alternative
halting place. Wood and grass abundant : supplies m
The remainder of the road is through hills and rather stony ;
it runs down a ravine into Karat.
Karat is a small village situated where the valley opens out
into the plain, and is conspicuous by reason of a ruined mmare
;about 140 feet high. It contains 30 houses, with a ruined fort
in the centre, behind which there is a grove of apricot trees.
Water ,—Good and abundant ; sufficient for 2 brigades.
Fuel. —Plentiful, distant about 2 miles.
Fodder .—Grazing for camels.
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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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