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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [178r] (360/536)
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. V (g)— contd.
en route. At 8th mile the village of Ghallamaidan of 100 houfees,
400 sheep, and 50 cows. Water good, supplies fair, except fuel
which is unobtainable. ^ mile West of Ghallamaidan is the
village of Rushmabad of 40 houses, 200 sheep. Crops are
very good but at present there are no supplies and fuel.
Sangird is a village of 50 houses, 400 sheep, 20 cows. No supplies
and fodder. Water obtainable from a nala, brackish and
scarce. The village is situated in a plain about 15 miles wide
20 miles.
CHINAR to AB-I-NAU.
1 stage.
No. of stage
and total
Details.
distance.
1 AB-I-NAU .. 20 m. For the first 16 miles
the route is difficult
20 and only passable
to horses and mules. From the 16th mile onwards to Ab-i-Nau
the road passes through a barren plain passable for all traffic.
At the 16th mile is the village of Kubudun of 100 houses, 200
sheep. Good water and supplies. At the 17th mile a route leads
to the village of Bardaskabad towards the west a distance of
4 miles. Ab-i-Nau is a village of 60 houses, 50 sheep, water
good, no supplies at present, but the crops are good this year,
fuel scarce. £ mile from here is the village Kashmur, good
water and a fair amount of fuel.
FAIZABAD to ZAHIRABAD.
16 miles. 1 stage.
Route passes through a plain which is passable to all arms.
At 4th mile the village of Abdulabad of 300 houses. Good
water, many gardens, Supplies fair.
At 8th mile village of Daghabad of 200 houses a number of
sheep. Water good. At the 9th mile the road crosses a nala
100 yards wide. At 10th mile a hauz containing sweet water.
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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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- 'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:264v, back-i
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