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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [101r] (206/536)
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. IX— contd'.
river, but there are easy roads on both sides. At 4 miles,
Shadichah Bala, 20 houses, on left bank ; at o miles, Junu,
on right bank ; at 6 miles Shadichah Pain, 30 houses, J mile
from left bank and easy ford across the river ; at 7 miles,
Kalateh-i-khan-Mirza-Jan, £ mile from right bank, 10 Timuri
families. At 12 miles Siah Bala, 50 houses ; and at 17 miles reach
Kichidar, 80 houses. Road as in the last stage, but not so
good. There are occasional sharp turns along the banks or on
spurs of hills, but it is passable for field guns. The river valley
is as in the last stage, but is more contracted, being from 1
to 2 miles wide only.
Camping grounds .—Camping grounds are not so good as the
valley is more cramped, but there is enough room almost any
where along the river bank for any force likely to pass this way.
W ater.- —Brackish.
Fuel .—More than at stage 1.
Fodder .—Grazing better than in stage 1.
Supplies .—Less supplies, as villages are fewer ; supplies
might be collected for one cavalry regiment passing through
3 MAZDARAN .. 18 m. General direction
(2,800 / ). ENE. Road leaves
63 Kichidar ESE.,
along the right bank of the river as far as Isma’ilabad at 4 miles
on the left. One hundred houses and 12 ploughs. Water
from the Kashaf Rud. Here cross to the left bank, by a tempo
rary bridge, or, if the river is low, by ford. Ford, when river is
low, is easy and passable for all arms ; about 1 foot deep. Then
along the left bank. Keep along the left bank, passing Robat
Mahi on the left at 5 miles (in ruins), until 11 miles. Turn NNE.
up a slight slope which gets steeper but is still easy, until Mazda-
ran is reached at 18 miles, 1 mile short of the top of the pass.
One hundred houses. Road as before ; more stones and gravel
after leaving the river. Passable for all arms up to Mazdaran
village.
Camping ground .—There is a good camping ground for a
brigade on open ground SE. of the village.
Water .—Good and abundant.
Supplies .—As in former stages.
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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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