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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [198r] (400/536)
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. Y (u) — condd.
over a gravel plain sloping from the hills on the left. Road
this stage good and passable for all arms.
See Route 2, stage 10.
ROUTE NO. V (v).
CHAH GULI to CHAH PALI.
17^ miles. 1 stage.
Authority. —H. B. Vaughan, 1890 ; partly from, native
information.
Epitome .—Road good and apparently passable for all arms.
No. of stage
and total
Details.
distance.
1 CHAH PALI .. 17J m. General direction NE.
— (4,650 / ). Road ascends gently,
17f skirting a low
range of hills on the right. At 4 miles village of Usbeg Kuh,
6 houses. Water and a few scanty supplies. Road good over
an open plain, with the Sarhangi range on the N. At 14| miles
village Tusharik, 8 or 10 houses. Water and a few scanty
supplies. Road good, ascends over an open gravel slope.
See Route V (n), stage 9.
ROUTE NO. V (w).
CHASHMEH-GIRDAB to TURUN.
■Ill miles. 2 stages.
Authority. —H. B. Vaughan, 1890 ; partly from native
information.
Epitome .—A camel route and passes over country where
grazing for them is procurable. There appears to be nothing
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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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- '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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