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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [102r] (208/536)
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.
spring, which is slightly brackish , is very weak and little reliance
can be placed on this supply.
Fuel. —Abundant.
5 GUMBAZLl .. 14 m. General direction E.
NE. At 8 miles, old
93 cistern with no
water, no habitations. At 14 miles Gumbazli (remains of an
old village).
Water .—No water except some of a very bad description
from aandt a little off road ; 4 or 5 families. Stewart reports
water here in spring.
fi SARAKHS .. 18 m. General direction NE.
At 16 miles
111 Kanduklicanal with
a good body of water from the river. Persian Sarakhs lies on
the left bank of the Hari Rud, and about \ mile from it. It is
a tumble down walled town, whose people and prosperity
have departed to Russian Sarakhs. There are some 300 houses
in the town and 200 houses in the villages around. Water
from wells. Forage plentiful. There is a large fort with a
small Persian garrison and telegraph office. A considerable
amount of wheat is grown. From Sarakhs and its neighbour
hood sufficient supplies for a brigade passing through can be
obtained. Russian Sarakhs is on high ground on the oppo
site bank.
ALTERNATIVE ROUTE IX(A).
MAZDARAN to SARAKHS.
53 miles.
Authority.
—Smyth, May 1906.
2 stages.
No. of stage
and total
distance.
Details.
1-
CHAHHAJI 25 m.
RAMZAN.
Leave Mazdaran vil
lage in a north.
— 25
' easterly
direction.
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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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