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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [70v] (145/536)
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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132
Route No. Y— contd.
is scarcely any cultivation. Leaving the city, the road enters
a waste of sand, which is evidently drifting. This deep sand
causes very severe duststorms. At f mile clear buildings and
enter open sandy plain. The march at first over sand which
is blown into hills and ridges ; going heavy for horses, a good
deal of up and down work but road steadily ascends as mount
ains are approached. At 2f miles pass an db-ambdr. At 6
miles road gets hard, and though somewhat stony it is good.
At miles pass Hauz-i-Haji Ramzan, also called Hauz-i-
Haji Ja’afar ; its bearing to Yazd is 2150°. Here there is water
and a
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
in an extremely ruinous condition. Road
now gets somewhat more stony, but going is good. At 12|
miles road enters the mountains, and ascends very gently
and easily by a narrow valley, with high, steep, rugged and
bare mountains close on each side. Road still good, and
here valley is covered with tuffs of camel-thorn. At 14 miles
ascent continues to a point 852 feet above Yazd and 4,630
feet above the sea. From here road gently descends over
the same kind of ground, closely shut in by mountains. Road
continues to descend till 15J miles (4,430 feet above the sea).
From here a valley that expands to the dimensions of a plain
falls by an easy descent to the west, and opens out into the
great plain of Yazd. At 17 miles arrive at good
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
at Anjirak. Here there are latrines outside the
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
,
a thing very rarely to be seen. Grass is the only thing to be
bought here. Anjirak is nearly enclosed by high, bare moun
tains ; there are stones everywhere. The serai is 80 yards
square and would hold 400 men. Sykes makes this march 18
miles. There is no difficulty for carriages or guns on this stage.
Water. —Good from a tank.
Grazing. —Grass can be obtained.
Supplies. — Nil.
2 KHURUNAK .. 19 m. General direction NE.
(SASS'). The route from
36 Anjirak is over a
stony level road. About £ a mile from the
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
there is
an old ruined fort. Road still ascends very gently, and
again descends by a very easy gradient. At 4J miles from this
point a plain sloping down to the W. runs into the great plain
of Yazd. Road crosses this plain in a NE. direction. The
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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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