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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [33r] (70/536)
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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Route No. Ill — contd.
miles. Cross small stream at 10J miles. Abbasabad a small
village of 200 bouses 1 mile to left. Two large serais and some
deserted houses.
Water .—Sufficient for 1 brigade.
Fuel. —Scanty.
Grazing .—For Camels plentiful en route.
Supplies. —Scarce.
27 TURBAT-I- .. 17 m. Hard surface but a
HAIDARI. quagmire in wet
5001 weather. Road
crosses 4 Rud-i-Sangun which in wet weather is a roaring torrent
from 2| feet to 8 feet deep having banks 30 feet, width 50
yards. Three water canals lead from Rud-i-Sangun. One 30
yards S. of the river not bridged. Two N. of river having
brick bridges, one broken but passable for pack transport.
From river, road continues over a clay surface. Impassable in
wet weather. At 4 miles small village of Malikabad with two
large serais capable of sheltering £ squadron cavalry, and
supplying them for 2 days. Water for 1 squadron cavalry. At
6 miles road ascends, surface hard. At 7f miles tank of good
water sufficient for 1 squadron of cavalry. At 8 £ miles cross
small stream. Water sufficient for 1 squadron of cavalry. At
8 f miles road enters pass of Dehaneh-i-Darpul (5,200), very
narrow, clay surface, impassable for wheeled traffic in wet
weather, ascent is easy. Old guard house passed IO 4 miles
and here road from Buznabad comes in from left and small
stream follows road for short distance. At 11 miles a hauz
reached at summit of pass. From here road surface is
hard. Gradual undulating descent. At 16 miles cross brick
bridge 30 yards long, 12 feet wide, two arches. At 16| miles
cross shallow stream. Hard bottom. Turbat-i-Haidan at 17
miles. In wet weather all streets are knee deep in mud. Per
sian telegraph and post Offices. Large bazaar. Several serais
for accommodation. There is also a Persisn Governor. A British
Agent is stationed here. Extensive cultivation and many
villages in the vicinity.
Camping ground .—For one division.
Water .—Sufficient for one division. ,
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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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