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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [119v] (243/536)
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. 2— contd.
ous bushes and a little grass about. At 3i miles a track comes
in from'the right rear from the valley in that direction. Cross
over an open rounded slope connecting the hills on the left
and right, and descend between two chains of hills. At 4f
miles pass Chah Alimak, which consists of 2 wells about 30
feet deep sunk in a gravel soil. Both contain water. A track
is said to lead from here to Haluan down the water-course.
Reach the lowest point of the valley and cross a broad and
dry, shallow banked water-course, which runs through the hills
on the right; then up to a gardaneh at 5| miles, with an easy
ascent by a good road up a valley. The top of the pass is 7
feet 3 inches wide and has an elevation of some 25U feet abo\ e
Ja’afaru. Down the other side by a steep descent difficult
for guns, and into a valley enclosed by hills, with numerous
tufts of grass and bushes about. Pass under a preeeipitous
crag on the right and at 6 miles a road from Haluan comes in
from the right rear. Road turns half left. At 6£ miles
ascend from the hollow and rise over a low col between two
hills At 6| miles sandhills close by on the right. Road,
descending slightly, at 7| miles track curves slightly to the
left. At 1H miles pass 2 unroofed tanks sunk in the ground;
dimensions of each 9 feet by 30 feet by 9 feet. Water in
winter is frozen over. 1 mile to right high sandhill. At 13£
miles cross a dry and stony water-course with steep banks and
easy approaches. At 14 miles enter a water-course and proceed
up it skirting the hills on the left. Low hills at some distance
off on the right. At 15 miles Durin, a hamlet of 2 or 3 houses,
near the foot of the Kuh Durin. Half acre of cultivation and
a few dwarf date-palms. There are two roads for this stage,
the other coming almost direct from Ja’afaru through the hills,
instead of skirting them on the northern side. This road is
blocked by snow in winter, and is said to be always difficult
for camels" Durin is 700 feet below' the top of the pass. Road
this stage stony but otherwise good.
Camping ground .—Good but stony.
Water. From a spring, 12 feet deep and 3 feet below the
surface of the ground. It is about 4 feet 7 inches square and
supplies an oval pond 66 feet by 30 feet and about 18 inches
deep. The water is warm, being 77° in January when the
air was 41°, and has an oily film on its surface. Irruptions of
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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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