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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [‎77r] (158/536)

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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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145
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6 is a large,
Eoad veir
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rection
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Is on right,
At 5 miles
small hills.
Altitude
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hick now
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. On right,
hill. AH
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the horizon,
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has been on
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of not very
ae plain are
a dry tank,
it hand one
;ted straight
2 | mite an
Route No. V— contd.
tib-anibdr, with a little dirty water in it. The soil now becomes
clay. Road is still hard and good, but in wet weather it is
heavy. At 15 miles a bifurcation of roads. A great numbei
of villages are now to be seen on plain to right to which e
other road goes. At 34f miles there is an irrigation stream
of good water. A little further than this, and about half a
mile to left, there is a village. At 26J miles the road skirts
the large village of Khurramabad, and soon after passes close
to another smaller village. At Khurramabad supplies and
water can be obtained, also lodging.
Water. —Obtainable.
Supplies. —Obtainable.
19 BARDASKAND 7 m. General direction NE.
(Radar Ask an) At 7 miles Radar
3383 (2,860'). Askan is reached.
The common people often pronounce this name a^ if it ve^e
Bardaskand or Badraskand. It is a large village of 5W houses
• rDa+r-ini nf Tnrshiz the capital of which is buItanaDaa.
Bato tC U no^aW. It cLains 500 houses and 2,000
neonle. There is no caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). or public accommodation
anv 1 kind There is one harnmdm, but no bazar. The plain o
Bardaskand extends to Sultanabad. The plain produces
wTand barley but not sufficient for the people who live
wheat and bar y, b f r0 m Sabzawar. Opium
1" iTtZ i„ SnsideUte Entities. Grapes figs, pome
granates 8 apricots and peaches are cultivated nr the garden.
C Water. —Abundant and good.
Supplies. —Plentiful.
' .. 14 m. General direction
20 9 W\ NE. Start in a
>• direction. Road
gra f| y app^i- ^^er m
»t“ 0 ed “of a'^our.and is somewhat stem. At
4 miles enters an open plai , miles to left.
same ' 1 great' plaint cts^dto the preceding day’s march, with

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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).

Physical characteristics

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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Title
'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)'
Pages
front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:264v, back-i
Author
East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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