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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [113v] (231/536)
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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218
Route No. 1— contd.
are also a stream of water and 4 or 5 houses. Continue up a
glen with a few trees here and there. Reach the top of the
pass at 15f miles. The descent, like the ascent, is gentle though
stony. From 18 miles strike across valley, descending gradually
till the main water-course, after which ascend slightly. Reach
the village of Chahar Farsakh (by the direct route, it cannot
be more than 18 miles from Neh to Chahar Farsakh). Chahar
Farsakh is a flourishing village in the Neh buluk ; contains
160 houses ; 2 kdrezes of water, one salt, the other fresh ; 10
yoke of oxen, 1,500 sheep, and 200 camels ; the latter included
in the estimate for Neh. Sheep are here taxed at 4 to a krdn.
Water. —2 karezes, one salt, one fresh.
Fuel. —Obtainable.
Fodder. —Camel grazing obtainable.
Supplies. —Obtainable.
2 SEHLUH .. 17 m. General direction NW-
Leave Chahar
33 Farsakh, and ascend
side of valley, opposite to that crossed yesterday. Road good
and ascent gradual. On right, at 2J miles, a spur projects
N. and S. about 100 feet high. Pass a good karez at 4 miles
—2 feet wide by 2 feet deep. On the right, at 5f miles, is
the imposing peak of the Kuh-i-Hari covered with patches
of snow. The soil is light and sandy, and ground slopes dovTi
gently to the village of Baichand at 8 miles. Here is a small
stream. Road now ascends. The range on left has a sprink
ling of snow in the crevices, down to near level of valley. Bai
chand contains 50 houses, 12 yoke of oxen, one stream, 18
inches wide by 4 inches deep ; no firewood. Pass a dry db-
ambdr at 11J miles. Here the ground is covered with low
scrub called savar, 6 inches high, fit for camel-grazing. Sehluh
is reached at 17 m. No village here. Only a hauz or db-
ambdr containing fairly clean rain-water. Size 15 feet by
15 feet ; depth of water, 3 feet.
Water. —From hauz which may be dry in the hot weather..
Fuel. —Obtainable.
Fodder. —Camel grazing obtainable.
Supplies .—jV il.
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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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