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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [90v] (185/536)
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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172
Route No. VII — concld.
Astarabad gives the impression of being well set up when
approached from the E., and a clump of very high chindrs inside
the walls show up before the town itself is sighted. A gradual
rise is made to the eastern wall in which there is no gate, and
the track leads round to the Bustam gate. Astarabad has a
population of some 8,000. A fair bazar and three caravansarais.
Supplies. —Ample. ^
In the Gurgan valley there is, generally speaking, a good
deal of rain, which increases in amount as' the Caspian is
approached. In the winter of 1893 Sykes found the country a
morass, and in the case of military operations, this would have
to be taken into account. As a set off to this, there is excellent
grazing in the spring and early summer also fuel is abundant
except in the open steppe.
FARIJ (Stage 1) to BUJNURD (Stage 6) via
' RAZMAKAN.
Authorities—0o\om\ Temple, April 1899 ; Major Sykes,
September 1912.
Epitome.—This alternative is more direct than the route via
Shirvan, and is moreover fit for carriages.
The country traversed is rich and well watered ; and supplies
could easily be collected.-
ALTERNATIVE ROUTE VII(A).
54 miles.
No. of stage
and total
distance.
Detaus.
18
1
RAZMAKAN .. 18 m. General direction W.
(Rakzaman) by N. Upon leav-
(4,000 ). i n g Earlj, the river-
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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).
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:264v, back-i
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