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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [131v] (267/536)
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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254
Route No. II(k)— contd.
stage 2 .
kdrezes.
Mo mention is made of supplies.
Water from
No. of stage
and total
distance.
Details.
1
PARDEH .. 16J m. General direction
SW. The road,
which is good for all
S., and at 2 miles, the road from Tirpul to karez
(Route II (e) ). Turning right, this road is followed
at which point the road to Farizneh branches off
At 8 miles, the Rud-i-Shurab is entered. Very
16J
arms, leads
is entered,
to 6 miles,
to the left
little water ; marshy bottom. At 8 J miles, a ruined water-mill
is passed, and the road enters the Dehaneh Darband. This is
a defile, the width of which is only 5 yards ; the road, however,
is good, and the defile a very short one. From the end of it
a road strikes off SE. to Chah-i-Gumbaz, 2 miles. The water
there is good in spring, but becomes salt in autumn. Another
road leads S. from the mouth of the defile to Kain. The road
here described leads SW. and for ^ mile is bad ; on the left is a
marshy stream and on the right a rocky hill; the path is rough
and very narrow. At 9 miles, the road again becomes very
good. At 12 miles an old w T ell is passed, the sides of which have
fallen in. At 16J miles Pardeh is reached. It was formerly
a large town, but the only building now in good preservation
is a hauz. There are also klrezes here. From here a road leads
NE. to Chashmeh Sanjati and Jimabad. It crosses an easy
Jcutal.
2 FARIZNEH .. 14J m. General direction
■ (3,720 / ). WSW. Road at
30f first very marshy,
with reeds and tamarisk jungle. At £ mile, Hashtadan Burj
where there were formerly 80 kdrezes. After this the road is
very good and crosses an open plain. At 8 miles, the road from
Ghurian to Rui Khaf is crossed (Route No. II (h)). At 11J miles
a water-course on the right. It is dry except after heavy rain,
but having high steep sides it can be crossed at certain places.
At 12J miles a road branches left to Garmeh, 3 miles ; at this
place are a ruined fort and a spring. At 14J miles, Farizneh;
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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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