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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [59r] (122/536)
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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in case a blizzard is encountered the pangs of starvation and
thirst may not be added to the suffering caused by exposure.
Miscellaneous .—The camel caravans generally march about
10 a.m. and continue to until 5 P.M., when they halt to feed
and rest. At about 9 p.m., the camels are again loaded and the
march continued until about 8 a.m., when another halt is made.
This is repeated until the desert is quitted. After the first
night the men with the caravans, especially those not used to
the work, become so sleepy and exhausted that the greatest
care must be taken that no one is allowed to loiter or remain
behind on the road. Men have been seen to fall to the ground
whilst asleep on their donkeys, but they are so overcome by
sleep that even the shock of the fall does not av'aken them.
The village of Fidishk, situated about 25 miles to the V . of
Birjand, furnishes the majority of the hardy camel caravan
men, who frequent this route.
This route during the winter months appears to be grven
the preference by caravans going either to Kerman or Khabis.
During the summer months the few caravans that go from
KhorSsan to Kerman travel by the Gai m ab-Nalband -R avar
route. .
Water .—There is absolutely no water in the desert. Ine
water of the Rud-i-Shur is so salt and bitter that it is untuink-
able and injurious to both man and beast. All w^ater therefoie
must be carried from Garmab. This water moreover, though
drinkable, is brackish and impregnated with sulphur. It
is most dangerous to rely solely on mussaks for one s w atei
supply in the desert, since they are so liable to injury and leakage.
Camels are not watered during their journey across the desert ;
water, however, must be carried for donkeys, mules and horses.
It was found that in winter the donkeys existed, without exhi
biting injurious effects, on an allowance of a quartei of a bucket
of w^ater, morning and evening, horses on half a bucket, and
men on a pint of water.
Sweet water is reached at about 125 miles at the lowest
point of the Rud-i-Shirin near Sar-i-Jangal. Good and plentiful
water is obtainable there from the stream. There was said to
be water obtainable from a spring in the Kuh-i-Murghab, lying
some 10 miles to the W. of tbe road at about 75 miels. That
this supply could not be relied on is apparent from the fact
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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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- 'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)'
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