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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [91r] (186/536)
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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Route No. VII— contd.
bed with a trickling stream is crossed, and a barren level country
is traversed. The route via Shirvan branches off through the
village at Farij. At mile 5 village of Slab Dasht, 30 families,
at mile 7 Seh Gumbaz, 80 houses. Some broken ground follows,
and at miles 13 Hissar on the right, and Sar-i-Chashmeh on the
left of the road, with 80 and 50 houses, respectively. The
district is distinctly fertile, and there are many vineyards.
Razmakan is a village of 80 houses.
W ater. —Plentiful.
Supplies. —Abundant.
No further information.
Somewhere between Farij and Razmankan a road from
Shirvan comes in, which is described by Colonel Temple as
follows :—“ Leaving Shirvan, pass over a small high-backed
bridge, then up a cultivated valley in the direction of the Shah-
Jehan Mountains. Pass the villages of Tanasyar, and_Meshed-i
Arghi, just after which the track crosses over a Jciital, and
descends into a cultivated valley.”
2 CHINARAN .. 20 m. General direction W.
by N. After cross-
gg ing some water-
channels the track ascends a slope on the opposite side, thence
the road runs along the hill-side to Zuaran, mile 8, a village of
500 houses, extending up the valley to the lefL It lies in a
ravine, shaded by trees, chiefly walnuts. Following the water
course which runs between orchards, a defile is entered, on each
side of which are great cliffs nearly perpendicular, at the base of
which the stream winds.
After this the path lies up and down a succession of barren
hills. Large flocks and the black tents of nomads visible m
the distance in April. Pass Kizil Kila ( the red fort ), with
a trickle of water. Thence over barren hills to the large village
of Nuvdak, where there is ample water, irrigating many
thousands of acres of wheat cultivation. Then to Chinaran
through beautiful scenery.
Chinaran is a village of 200 houses.
Water .—Ample from a rock spring.
Supplies .—Much wheat cultivation. . .
There are several tracks from Zuaran : one via Shurak is fit
for wheeled traffic.
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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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- 'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:264v, back-i
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