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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [87v] (179/536)
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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166
Route No. VII— contd.
and Nirvan 7 miles, all on the left (S), the last being in the
hills. At mile 8 Faizabad, 30 houses, supplies plentiful. At
mile 9 Burzilabad. The road is in parts hilly and stony, and
cultivation is not continuous in this stage.
Davin, which lies a mile to the left of the road, consists of
about 5 villages (100 houses), in the chief of which there is a
large abandoned fort. There is a mule track from Davin to
Askhab&d (3 marches).
Water .—The village is situated on a stream.
Fuel' —(?) Plenty of poplars and a few apricot trees.
Fodder .—
Supplies. —There is a large expanse of wheat cultivation
and many vines, grown chiefly for raisins. Almonds, grain
wool, and cotton are exported to Russia. The whole valley is
prosperous, cows, donkeys, and ponies are to be met in every
village.
3 SHlRBAN .. 13 m. General direction RW.
The road runs
35 through a large ex
panse of wheat cultivation. A fine view of the Shahjahan
Mountains and of Shirvan is obtained from some rising ground,
over which the track passes called the Shutur Gardan. At mile
1 Shikaura, on the right under the hills ; at mile 3 small hamlet
of Baghal (10 houses). At mile 5 Allahabad, 50 houses, with
large gardens. Colonel Temple also mentions Amir St ad and
Qishlaq, with 30 and 50 houses, respectively.
Shivan is a city of about 2,000 houses, with a Persian Tele
graph Office, and one shop in the bazar. There is a road, practi
cable for artillery to the Russian post of Firuzeh via Sarani.
Camping ground. —There is a site on the far side of the
town, on the bank of the nearly dry bed of the river, which is
about 50 yards wide.
Water .—Good and abundant.
Fuel .—?
Fodder .—?
Supplies .—Many gardens ; wheat is exported to Russia.
4 RIZA-ABAD .. 10 m. General direction
(RaZABAD). WNW. Pass Ziarat,
a very big village,
4o
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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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