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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [191r] (386/536)
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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373
Route No. V (p)— contd.
9 SULTANABAD 10 m. Direction E. Road
(3,600'). level and good over
202j » plain, barring inun-
-dated portions. Soil alluvial, with occasional gravel. Cross
■deep stream, difficult for camels. At h mile several lines of
Tcandts, and the village of Deh-i-Nau on right. At 5 miles cross
a stream. At 5| mdes a sma*ll tank on left. Beyond this pass
reservoir on right ; cypress and poplars among ruins and gardens
-on left ; and a little further at 7-|- miles ruins on right and village
-on left. At 8 miles reservoir on left and village on right. At
9J miles mud tower on right. Kandts cross the road. Good
• encampment on W. side of town, near kandt. Bardaskand to
Sultanabad practicable for wheeled transport in dry weather.
Sultanabad, the capital of Turshiz, has a considerable trade in
silk, the worms being reared here. Six thousand inhabitants
and many flourishing villages in the neighbourhood. Wheat,
ihowever, has to be imported from other districts.
Water .—Good and plentiful.
Supplies .—Sufficient for 1 cavalry regiment for 6 months.
.About 400 camel and 600 donkeys available.
10 ZARMEH .. 25 m. Direction {1. Road
good but slightly
227i undulating in parts.
Passable by motors. Soil gravel and alluvial. Gradual
descent. At 3 miles pass village of Maula, and at 5 miles a
stream. At 6 miles road avoiding city comes in from left rear.
At 8 miles a reservoir on right. At 10 miles cross lines of kandts,
.and broad river from left. At 13 miles reservoir on left. Here
Turbat road branches off to the left. At 13£ miles reservoir
on right. At 151 miles reservoir of rainwater on right and
fortified town of Askand, 1 mile to left. Several dry nalas.
• Gentle undulations. At 19h miles cross deep and rapid river,
with precipitous banks of slaty rock, from left, 20 feet wide and
and 3 feet deep. At 20 miles pass village of Aliabad on right
and cross stream by a brick bridge, 5 arches, 54 yards long, 15
feet wide. Good water from a karez. At 23 miles cross deep
rapid torrent from left. Encamp outside village on banks of a
■small stream. Correct distance, Sultanabad to Aliabad, is 25
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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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