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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [103r] (210/536)
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.
Fuel. —A few bushes only.
Fodder. —Good grazing in spring and summer.
Supplies.—Nil except the large flocks of sheep owned by the
nomads, who are mostly Balucb. These, however, are not to be
depended upon.
No villages.
SARAKHS .. 28 m. Road runs in a north-
north-easterly direc-
53 tion. At 2 miles
strike the main Sarakhs road, which is a clearly marked track,
running across open , undulating grassy plain with good going
earth and gravel soil, probably dry and dusty in summer. At
2 miles change direction NE. by N. and again at the 10th mile
change to NE. At 18th mile arrive at the furthest edge of the
ground cultivated by irrigation from the Hari Rud river. From
here onward there is occasional cultivation, flat open country
with a firm earth soil. At 24 miles cross a canal by a pakka
bridge, and at 24| miles another by a kacha bridge. It is better
to ford these two canals, which are usually only about 2 feet
deep, than to trust to the bridges. Guns could cross the fords
but not the bridges. Change direction N. At 25 miles Karbalal
Lutf’Ali on the left, 20 houses. At 25J miles Asafabad on the
left, 25 houses. At 28 miles reach Persian Sarakhs. There is
no water or camping-ground on this stage until irrigated country
is reached. When the canals are reached there is ample water
and open space to camp in. Supplies en route none.
ALTERNATIVE ROUTE IX(B).
MESHED to SARAKHS via SADRABAD (Opposite
PUL-I-KHATUN).
144 miles. 8 stages.
Authorities. —MacLean, 1890 ; OranofEsky, 1894 Smyth,
1902 and 1906, Marsh, 1914. M. A. Meshed, 1927.
Epitome. —This route can conveniently be divided into two
sections—(1) Meshed to Sadrabad ; (2) Sadrabad to Sarakhs.
(1) This is the direct route along the left bank of the Kashaf
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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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