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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [159v] (323/536)
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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310
Route No. III(r)— contd.
Camping grounds .—Good at stages 1 and 3 also at stage 2
on fields if crops gathered, otherwise bad in stony slope covered
with boulders ; unlimited.
Water .—Plentiful at all stages except at stage 1 just before
spring rains when supply might be limited.
Fuel .— 7 ^ ,
Grazing .— j 00 ’
Supplies .—Plentiful after harvest at stage 1, limited at
stage 2 though supplies would be available from neighbouring
villages within a distance of 8 miles, scarce at stage 3 .
No. of stage
and total
distance.
Details.
1 BAMRUD .. m. Direction W. by N. to-
— wards high range
Kuh-i-Khwaja Shaz
20 miles distance with Awaz in view ahead. Road over plain
with hills. To right there are four hauz on the road, but only
one at four miles, with water. Road good enough for motor
cars. At 8 |- miles Bamrud is reached, a village with 600
inhabitants, with a considerable amount of cultivation, mainly
wheat and barley; 40 cows, 40 donkeys and 1,000 sheep and
goats. Population, Shiahs. Water dirty and brackish from
river rising in Kuh-i-Khwaja Shaz, present flow about 500
gallons per minute.
2 FINDUKT .. 20| m. Direction WNW.
Road over pat and
29 fields for two miles
then sandy plain with scrub. Going gets heavier through
sand until at 5 miles road leads over high dunes very heavy
going. 8 |- miles dry hauz then ascent towards Awaz firmer going
occasional sand at 10 miles take right fork to NW. 10| miles
large pool of water and an ab ambar; few trees. Road now
very stony skirting base of range. 15 miles Isfad J mile to
left. 17 miles Icarez 201 miles Findukt lying close under the
hills. Supphes very scarce, principal cultivation being
cotton. Water plentiful and good. About 2,250 Indian
maunds of grain f wheat J barley are available after the
harvest in the villages of Awaz, Isfad, Findukt, Bumabad,.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:264v, back-i
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