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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [112r] (228/536)
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. 1— contd.
5 HAMAND .. 16 m. Road passable for
wheeled transport
116 and field guns.
Good hard surface. Distance is probably less than 16 miles.
Water. —Plentiful and good from karez.
Fuel. —Plentiful.
Fodder. —Grazing good.
Supplies. —Available in large quantities.
6 KHUR(E) .. 40 m. Passable for wheeled
(3,600'). transport and field
156 guns. Road for most
part good with hard surface. After leaving Hamand at 4 miles
there is a small spring of water on left of road (May 1916).
General direction of " road N.W. At 12 miles road enters
river bed, along which it runs for about 4 miles. At 15 miles
there is a good supply of water in river bed. At 17 miles road
is crossed by track running from Khusf to Garmab. Some 2
miles beyond this is a hauz situated about 500 yards NE. of
road and which is difficult to find unless you know exactly
where to look for it. Good supply of water here. From here
to Khur road is very good.
Water .—Contains large quantities of sulphur when water
of karez is low. There are 5 karezes here—water of all of
which is bad.
Fuel. —Plentiful about 1 farsakh away—on all sides.
Fodder. —Grazing good.
Supplies. —Available in large quantities.
7 GUMBAD-I- 13 m. General direction NW-
JANG. Road level.
169 (Pusht-I-Jang).
TFaier.—Available.
Supplies. —Few.
8 TALKHAB .. 22 m. General direction NW.
Road level.
191
Water .— j
Supplies .— j
No information.
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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