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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [148v] (301/536)
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. 111(f)— contd.
this hill and then descends (bearing 155°) to the nala up which
Sanginapi lies (not visited)* Thence W. of a black hill resemb
ling a slag heap, up another sandy col at 15 miles. From here
to Kundi is 3 miles, the route crossing innumerable ravines.
At Kundi in the Yak Gwan nala bed the water hole is marked
by a strip of green vegetation. Maldars with large flocks come
here. Below a sharp peak 6 miles SE. of Kundi is Padag—a
spring high up and a w ell in the nala. From Kundi routes
lead S.E. to Pipli and Duzdap, S. to Pipli, and KW. to
Garagheh. Yak Gw^an is 4 miles up the nala, going good.
(it) From. Gorandi to Kundi via Lera Dik, Rah Du Chdhi and
Yak Gwdn. —Route to Rah Du Chahi as in II 3 (i) above.
For Du Chahi route thence to Du Chahi see II 1-6. From
Du Chahi general direction for 1J miles is SW. to head of
Nagat Rud. From this pass the upper Yak Gw an nala is
entered, direction S., then ESE., and again S. Surface is good
and route passable for laden camels. At 3|- miles bej’ond
pass is a running stream (the western Yak Gw r an w’ater) and
10 minutes below this is Yak Gwan a fork in the nala marked
by a single gwan tree. There is also good water sufficient for
a cavalry squadron 10 minutes up the eastern fork. From
Yak Gwan to Kundi is 4 miles, good going a nala entering from
the E. at 1 mile.
(m) Gorandi to Kundl via Padag-i-Gorandi, Chahuk and
Yak Gwdn. —The route goes up the Gorandi nala direction S.
At 3 miles above Gorandi spring is Padag-i-Gorandi where there
is sweet water from holes scooped out by hand and which
refill rapidly. Going fair. After 30 minutes from this water
the pass is reached. Thence two miles down to where Robat-
Rah Du Chahi route crosses track. From this point to Chahuk
is 3 miles (vide II 1-6) (and for route on from Du Chahi to
Kundi via Yak Gwan— vide II 3 (u))-
4. From Kuh-i-Malik Siah to Rah Du Chdhi. (i) via the
Nagat Rud and Chahuk. —This route joins the Hurmuk-Chahuk
route about 4 miles NW. of Kuh-i-Malik Siah (vide II 1-6).
(ii) Via the Wawaila nala and Yale Gwdn. —Route is the
Kuh-i-Malik Siah-Robat road to the point where that bends to
E. W. of this (bearing 280° from abandoned hut) is a gap in
the hills where the Masiti and Wawaila nalas combine and leave
the hills. Route goes up the Masiti (or southern) nala —the
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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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