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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [170v] (345/536)
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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332
Route No. IV (b)— contd.
2 CHAHAK .. 19f m. General direction NE,
~ (4,100'). Leave Dahm, bear-
ing 20°, and follow
good track over undulating pasture downs. Track at 2f miles
leads in direction of highest peak of opposite range now covered
with snow, the Kuh-i-.Bahut. At 3J miles come out on to
wide plain ; low hills to left, high range in front. From the
Ab Kisht on right, the ground slopes down on all sides to
centre and to front. Pass a half ruined hauz at 7 miles. At
11 miles shrubs which would make excellent fuel. At 8£ miles
range extends from 150° to 200°. At 200° is the pass just
traversed, and at 235° is the Balanglr Kuh. At 9] miles a
well marked track crosses this at right angles. Road at 104
miles is level. To right lies Kalateh Tushku (20 houses); on
left Kuh Saraiun lies in Tabas district. At 12£ miles is a spur
running N. and S. Ground bare and stony. There is a well
and a tiny spring at 14J miles. At 16£ miles pass a low hill,
400 yards to left. Bearing 150° are some houses. Chahak
is reached at 19f- miles. It is small village with half ruined fort
and about 100 houses inhabited by about 50 families. Water.—
{a) Karez of brackish water, yielding all year round, 14
gallons per second. (6) Disused karez with about same amount
of water. Would require pump. Water brackish and 15
feet below surface, (c) There are six rainwater hauzes holding
about 18,000 gallons each to the N. and E. of village. Accord
ing to local information these hauzes dry up towards the end
of the hot weather, i.e., August—September.
Fuel. Firewood unobtainable, inhabitants burn small
scrub.
Supplies .—About 30 acres of ground under barley cultiva
tion. Bhusa can be obtained in small quantities and is the
yield of the barley harvest.
•i KALATEH SAR- 24 m. On leaving Chahak the
I-AB. road follows a bear-
^ j • ing of approximately
340 for a distance of two miles crossing a low hill at 4 mile
and passing to the X. of another low hill at ]i miles. " Both
these small hills hold commanding positions on an absolutely
flat plain and from the second hill, with field glasses one can
follow the road to within 4 miles of Afriz. At 2 miles to 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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