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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [26v] (57/536)
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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44
Route No. II— contd.
got over. There is no water to be had along the road between
these two places. Natu is a village of about 40 houses, with
supplies and water for troop cavalry.
3 PADEH-I-JAN- 27 m. One mile from Natu
MURAD. village of Yaka Bagh
61 with about 15 houses
and water for one troop cavalry but no supplies. 4 miles ahead
village of Gurkhar with about 10 houses, but no supplies ;
water for one troop cavalry. 2 miles further ahead village
of Kal-i-Hamam (Hamami) with about 80 houses and supplies
for half troop cavalry and water for one troop. 2 miles from
here village of Palizak with about 20 houses but no supplies;
water plentiful. Another 4 miles ahead village of Yaqubi
with about 30 houses and water for one troop cavalrv, but no
supplies.
The road from Natu to Aaqubi is good and fit for camel
transport.
From Yaqubi a road goes direct through the hills to Mintugi ;
along this road 6 miles from Yaqubi small village of Kalateh
Aval Khan with three occupied houses and 10 deserted. There
are no supplies here and only sufficient water for half troop
cavalry. 6 miles from here, village of Mintugi with about
30 houses and supplies and water for half troop cavalry.
The road from Yaqubi to Padeh-i-Jan Murad is fairly good,
but only fit for mule transport. Padeh-i-Jan Murad is a small
place with about 150 inhabitants and a plentiful supply of
water but no supplies.
KAREZ-I-NAU to KALATEH MINAR.
37 miles - 2 stages ,
A road leads direct from Karez-i Nau to Robat-i-Samangan
which is fit for camel transport. Another road goes direct
from Karez-i-Nau to Karez (Kalateh-Mohd-Jan) joining the
Robat-i-Samangan road, 5 miles fiom Robat-i-Samangan ;
along this road 4 miles from Karez-i Nau there are seme ruins.
9 miles from Karez-i-Nau, village of Karez with about 50 houses
and supplies and water for half troop cavalry. The road up
to here is fairly good and could be used for camel transport.
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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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