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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [73v] (151/536)
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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138
Route No. Y— contd.
general direction of about 50". There is a flat-topped mountain
in the range now drawing near, called the Takhs-i-Shah ‘Abbas.
It lies 2 or 3 miles to the right of the point, where the road
subsequently enters the hills. At 9 miles the road finally
emerges from the sand on to hard ground. The road through
the sand has been fairly level with slight ascents and descents,
some rather steep. Now it begins to ascend regularly but
gently. At 10 miles a tank of salt water. Horses drink it
freely. The road now gradually enters the hills. At 15 miles
the black hill on the left comes to an end, and the plain extends
in that direction to the horizon. There are black hills on the
right, 1 mile distant. At 16 miles road descends the stony
bed of a dry watercourse, and is completely enclosed by hills.
There are one or two sandy bits, but generally it is hard and
firm to Robat-i-Khan. At 19 miles, Robat-i-Khan where
there is a good new
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
with a fine badgir or wind
tower, also the remains of an old
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
. There is also
a fort, a few houses, a small patch of cultivation, and one or
two very small date palms.
Water .—Brackish fresh water 1 mile to NW.
Supplies. —Scanty.
9 QALMARZ .. 16 m. General direction NE*
(4,160') Road steadily as-
163J cends. It is stony,
but good, with hills close on both sides. Fair growth of scrub
and vegetation in tufts. There is no variation until the
Chashmeh-i-Khwaja Hasan. At 8 miles pass remains of old
fort. At 8 J miles is the Chashmeh-i-Khwaja Hasan, where
there is one house and cultivation. The water is sweet.
Road now descends regularly and more rapidly, and is
stony. There are a great many small ascents and descents
into ravines from 20 feet to 50 feet deep, and some of the
gradients into these are steep. Track up river-bed extremely
difficult, but just possible for carriage. This is the worst
section cn the road for some 4 miles. At 13 miles gain the
crest of the Gudar-i-Qalmarz, altitude 4,482 feet. The
pass is only just practicable for wheeled transport. Hence
road for £ a mile is nearly level; it then descends steadily
through a valley. At first barely £ a mile wide, but gradually
opening out it is between high, steep and rugged hills. Road is
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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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