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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [182r] (368/536)
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 (k) — concld.
Water .— 7 Available.
Supplies .— )
4 BAGHDADI .. 9 m. General direction NW.
(3,300'). At If miles pass an
65 old fort and 20 or
30 houses on left. At 2 miles a stream of good water flowing
from right to left. Over a wide gravelly plain covered with low
mounds. At 3f miles road forks; right hand branch leads to
village of Saraian ; follow left hand branch. At 5 miles village
on the left of road and a small fort on a mound. Make detour to
avoid cultivation. At 1\ miles village of Sarun 2 miles on the
right. Baghdadi, 200 houses ; said to produce 5,000 kharwdrs
of grain. Small dirty
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
and old fort. Many
enclosed gardens and good stream of water flowing through
village in an artificial channel.
Water. —Good.
iSappZies.—Available.
5 ROBAT-I-SHUR 29m. General direction-
(3,520'). WNW. Road runs
94 through cultivation
for f- of a mile then slight rise on to a gravel dasht. At 5f miles
small well of sweet water. Slight continuous rise ; road excellent
the whole way over firm gravel. At 8| miles reach highest point,
and slight descent winding among mounds of bright red stone.
At 10ijr miles more rapid descent for 300 yards and into a small
ravine, soon opening out into a plain. At 12J miles over a
slight elevation and into a valley beyond. At 13 miles turn
abruptly to the right up a small ravine. Here there is a
small stone built serai and, about 200 yards up the hollow, a
well of sweet water. At 23J miles enter a rocky ravine curv
ing round in a segment of a circle from 340° to 230°. At 24
miles descend off plateau on to a wide plain. At 26£ miles
abreast of an isolated, black, rocky hill, 500 feet, and about
600 yards to left of track. See Stage 4, Route 2. 6
6 BUSHRUlEH .. 211 m. See Stage 5, Route 2.
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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