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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [56v] (117/536)
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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104
Route No. Ill— cordd.
3 and 4 miles irrigation streams from Zarmeh and Shadmir cross
the road but present no difficulty and the head of the Sikandera-
bad karez is passed. At 4£ miles tracks from Jinnuk to Zarmeh
and Shadmir are crossed and the motor route from Sikanderabad
joins. At 51 miles is a small stone hauz—full of good water.
From here onwards road undulates over low spurs, stony,
and has a gradual fall to the “ Hauz Surkh ” (Red brick
3 full June 1918 water fair) at 81 miles. Road is then flat
through cultivation to Sadrabad-Hauz Surkh at 9^ miles, with
hamlet of Khajdarreh lying to NW. Road on both sides of
Sadrabad is somewhat rough and uneven. From Sadrabad road
ascends the Sadrabad karez—bearing 64, and is good from
101 onwards though somewhat stony. Hamlets of Guju
and Khork to N. are passed and to SE. lies Ja afarabad (at 1J
miles) and deserted hamlet Dehnau (at 1 mile on Junnuk road).
At 13 miles large village of Biriabad is reached, the main
carriage route from Jinnuk joining at the graveyard on W.
edge of village. Onwards the road rises more steeply up
■course of “ Sadrabad karez ” and is undulating and narrow.
Direction bearing 41 to summit of rise and then 10 to Turbat.
Biriabad’s upper mill is passed at 131 m il es an d the summit
reached at 131 miles. Road on to Turbat is undulating and
stony, crossing one deep water course. At 151 miles is a sandy
stretch and at 151 road passes through a gap in a low spur—
passage being rough over smooth rocky outcrop. 1 mile E.
of this point are the villages of Imi, and Turbat cavalry camp
in a nala. After this road is good between outlying gardens
of the city, and turning NE. across nala bed at 18 miles enters
W. gate of Turbat-i-Haidari.
This stage has been repaired and bridged forming part of
Kain-Turbat motor route which forms an easy road for touring
motors.
Following villages passed :—
Aliabad, Zarmeh, Small villages NE. of Zirabad
on N. slope of Biriabad-Aliabad valley. Water from
hill karezes and plentiful. Shadmir lies up a large
nala running into the hills of Kuh-i-Kalajoh, and
is not always visible from main road. Cultivation
of Shadmir and Zarmeh (wheat, barley, melons)
extends from a little S. of villages to main road.
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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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