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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [54v] (113/536)
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 .
(bearing 97). Route (1) was not traversed, Routes 2, 3, 4 and
5 are flat and passable for cars, routes 3 and 5 being main carriage
routes.
4 ZIRABAD .. 15 m. General direction NE.
(Robat-i-Bibi). Road leaves Faiza-
90f bad NE. along the
E. edge and passes an avenue of big trees standing on the
Eastern side of Faizabad’s two karazes. From here the track
to Abdulabad branches off along the Western karez. At 4
miles route crosses carriage road leading from Abdulabad, 1
mile NW. to Hassanabad 2 miles to SE. Thence a gentle
ascent to Daughabad at 5£ miles, the road passes through the
E. edge of a graveyard. Faizabad-Daughabad section of road
is passable and good for motors though rough across several
dry torrent beds and stony near Daughabad. Onwards road
ascends for 1 J miles and then descends gently to the hamlet of
Shahrak IJ miles to SE.
At 7-| miles is a hauz. There are here 2 nala crossings
difficult for cars, and onwards the road surface is of soft fine
gravel. At miles pass the hamlet of Salam Dasht to SE.—
through which a route goes to Sikanderabad. Road onwards
is good with a gentle ascent to Anarak, a hamlet at 10 miles.
Here the crossings of an irrigation stream and a dry river-bed are
somewhat difficult for vehicles. Road then rises up to a pass
(at 11 miles) among hills of hard rock covered with a layer of
soft red earth. Passage is difficult for vehicles but can be easily
improved except in 2 places for which explosives would be
needed (Persian carriages constantly cover the stage over this
pass). Road then descends to Zirabad at 15 miles—going
open but rough.
Zirabad, as often called Robat-i-Bibi is a hamlet (10 families
living inside the Fort) among the jumble of red hills which
stretch from Anarak to Sikanderabad and Junnuk and which
forms the water-shed between the Faizabad valley and the
Aliabad valley. Besides the fort there is a
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
and a large fruit garden.
Supplies. — Nil, except fruit.
Water .—Inexhaustible from (1) the Khairabad open karez
(length about 20 miles) which flows through the Fort. (2)
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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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