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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [56r] (116/536)
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.
( 6 ) Zirabad-Jinnuk. Distance about 5 miles. Similar to
(5) Follows a watershed and passes the heads of
karezes flowing N. to Sarmir and S. to Sikanderabad.
„ After crossing the motor route connecting Maina
Biriabad and Faizabad-Biriabad, it descends
steeply into Jinnuk.
(7) Proper alignment of Daughabad-Zirabad sector would
be to Salam Dasht and then direct to Zirabad, thus
avoiding hills and pass ENE. of Anarak.
Tactical information —
(а) Ridge 1J miles SE. of Daughabad is an important
position especially for artillery and as an observa
tion point. Almost every village of the plain is
visible from it. Its N. end effectively commands
the main road ; and its occupation is essential to
defence of Daughabad.
( б ) The two nalas crossed SE. of this ridge {vide Lateral
Communications (3)—3rd and 4th nalas) afford good
covered lines movement NE.-—SW., and points of
concentration for movements E.—W., etc.
(c) Hills ENE. of Anarak are a likely place for an ambush.
From them Zirabad and many other villages are
visible.
{d) Unsuitability of Zirabad for defence has been noted
under heading “ Zirabad.”
5 TURBAT-I- .. 18 m. General direction NE.
HAIDARI . A good carriage
108f route. Road leaves
hamlet along narrow strip of fruit-gardens at bearing 49. Sur
face good and road wide. From J mile road enters low round
hills and undulates. From here Sikanderabad-Jinnuk road is
visible to SE. at higher elevation. One nala crossing is difficult
though passable for cars—easily repaired. At another point
road is bad but merely needs repair—soil is hard gravel.
At 1-| miles route leaves the hills and bends to right skirting
foot of hills. From this point a track runs N. to Aliabad, which,
with villages of Zarmir and Shadmir lies across the valley.
Road continues down the S. side of the Biriabad valley—bearing
65, very good and hard (ribbed slightly transversely). Between
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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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