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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [16r] (36/536)
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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23
Route No. II — contd.
23 TURBAT-I- .. 20 m. General di r e c t i o n
SHAIKH JAM NNW. Good road
382| (2,900'). over sandy plain,
with good grazing along it in the spring. At 5 miles the
small village of Kuhlut. At the entrance to Turbat, the
road runs between gardens crossed by small water-channels,
and requires slight repairs. Jso other habitations are passed.
This is the main route from Meshed to Herat and is very good.
Water brought in by channels from the Jam River ; brackish.
Population 2,400. No water en route in October 1904.
Water. —Ample.
Supplies. —Abundant.
24 LANGAR .. 17 m. Good road as in pre-
vious stage in NW.
399 £ direction.
3 miles along road village of Jang-Gah with about 20 houses
and no supplies. \ mile further on village of Yahiabad with
about 20 houses but no supplies. miles from here village of
Bagh-i-Sangan with about 20 houses and I mile further on
village of Hajiabad of same size, neither having any supplies for
military purposes. 3^ miles from here village of Ismailabad
with about 20 houses but no supplies. Water may be had at all
places for one troop cavalry. 13 miles from Turbat-i-Shaikh-
Jam a path leads off on the North side of the road to a village
named Karez surrounded by trees and about 1J miles from the
road. Another path leads from this village to Langar. The
road the whole way is good and fit for wheeled transport.
Langar. —A village of about 100 houses with supplies and
water in abundance.
25 KARIZ-I-NAU .. 19 m. General di r e c t i o n
(3,950'). WNW. Road good
41 gi ordinarily, but is
very bad after rain or snow, being of clay.
2 miles along road village of Takiabad with about 10 houses
and some ruins close by, one mile from here village of
Abbasabad of about the same size. 3 miles further on village
of Kila Surkh with about 20 houses surrounded by a high
wall and some ruins close by.
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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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- '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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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