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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [94r] (192/536)
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.
No. of stage
and total
distance.
Details!
BASH KILA ..23£m.
See Route VII (e),
stage 1, page 427.
23£
2
INCHA
55i
32 m. General direction W.
by N. Cross Atrak
at 2J miles NW.
At 5f miles follow course of
and bend W. skirting hills slopes. *
river at distance of half to one mile, pass guard-house of Gazband
At 121 miles reach ruins of Kharaqi on open plain, with extensit e
rice cultivation, watered by Gogul brook. Follow course o
river over good, level ground to ford at 24J miles Cross ord
girth deep with swift current, and strike into track of low,
barren marshy undulations stretching down to river-bank. At
32nd mile reach valley of Incha, small stream flowing through
meadows and cane-brakes, and enclosed by low, easy heights.
Camp on banks of stream.
NOTE -From this ford, down to the Chehil Guzar defile, the Atrak is impass
able ,and rough hill-skirts stretch down to its bank.
Water. —Excellent.
Fuel. Abundant.
Grazing,
marAveh
tappeh.
side. 85 Cro S s stream at 2* miles near its junction with Atrak
and follow course of river over undulating ground, crossi g
Garmab brook at 64 miles. Leave river and strike V • up a
glen of the Hunk! mountain. Cross mountain at eievat on
of about 2 000 feet, and descent into Chmar Darreh, a glen
Ladtg down to th; Atrak at Maraveh. At 30th mile reach
Maraveh Tappeh, a remarkable mound in plain.
Note.—T he track over the mountain is to briddle^path^t
the ascent from Garmab is , ver i ® \t a ,3 ve h to the Garmul plain the path
ar^eXerva^y" 6 ^ sK Slumps are found From .Maraveh
downward.
30 m. Follow down Incha
stream by sound
level path on hill-
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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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