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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [156r] (316/536)
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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I
Route No. III(o) — contd .
good supplies and water. The track after passing through the
village diverges from the main Sistan route winding round the
northern side of the hill on which Bujd stands and then passing
through a broad valley 8 miles wide bounded by low hills. At
12 miles readh a fine reservoir about 1 mile to the left of Aliabad,
a well-built and fortified village of some 40 houses. The valley
then narrows, until at 20| miles, where Rahmatabad is passed,
it is little more than 300 yards across, with a water-course and
good pasturage. The valley again widens, the ground rising
rapidly to Ibrahamabad, at 20J miles. The rise continues
through some low hills, containing a spring known as the Sar-
i-Chashmeh, and over a small plain to Bushgaz, a small village
with good supplies and water, which is reached at 26 miles,
the village of Babuk being passed 1 mile earlier at 25 miles.
Water. —Good, and plentiful.
Fuel .—Very scarce.
Fodder .—Very small quantity obtainable. In good season
it would be better.
Supplies .—Very little in the way of supplies.
2 FURK .. 18 m. General direction E.
The road ascends
44 rapidly into the
mountains passing Tanak about half a mile from Bushgaz.
At 1 mile the road divides in two, the better or northern route
overaneasy pass being followed. At the parting of ways stands
the village of Isfizar, with small fort, a commanding position,
from where direct roads run to Sarbisheh and Mud. The
road ascends gradually for about 5 miles, until a sharp ascent
is reached leading over the pass across the main Muminabad
ridge, which is itself a continuation of the Samand Shahi range.
From the top of this pass, known as the Guzar-i-Darmian
elevation 7,600 feet, a fine view is available of the highhills
to the NE. of the Gazlk-Kuh range, and to the W. of the
Baqaran. At 7£ miles, the road is again joined by the more
southerly route (which diverged at 1 mile near Isfizar). Thence
the road passes down a rather narrow valley, with high hills
on either side, at 8|- miles pass the village of Darsari from
whence a stream flows down the valley to Darmian and Furk,
the road following the stream. Darmian, 16 miles, affords
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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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