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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [‎204r] (412/536)

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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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399
Route No. VI (d) — contd.
5 are impracticable for field artillery which however would
find no obstacles in the other stages. It is estimated that
camels, 200 mules and ponies and 200 donkeys are a\ai
for hire in the Isfarain valley. This is not a mam caravan route.
The pass of Siah Khaneh is closed for four months in the winter.
If aier.—Good throughout.
Supplied .—Isfarain valley produces large quantities of
grain and forage. Supplies scarce at stage 5. _______
No. of stage
and total
distance.
Details.
FlRUZEH
(4,222').
7 m. General direction SSW.
Over undulating
ground, passing a
succession of villages (Imamsadeb, Sult ,“
Pan Biradar, Mihtaranlu, etc.), surrounded by crops, ine
road is passable for wheeled traffic nearly up to Firuzeh, bu
not bevond where the road enters the Alah Dagh mountains
Firuzeh is a collection of 150 huts on a hill; the valley is full
of orchards.
^^..-Plentiful. Generai d . rcct . on
1 (Near Mtana- The road, after leav-
bad). in S the , g ardens ’
enters the fine defile of Darreh-i-Dartum down which runs an
ample stream. Cliffs of great height on each side. After 3
miles the defile opens out into the green open ^am °f Gmvan.
In it are 3 hamlets ; total population 200 f ^ he !‘
supply of water from a spring. Thence the road oi track leaas
up a long steep ascent to a stony pass (Eutabi-Gmvan or
Kutal-i-Siah Khaneh), passable for laden ^^g^^j^ieh
wheeled traffic. Thence down a steep desomt to Siah Kha h
where there are some^ springs. here th^gh torocky
^lO^famiHes^andT^ich^Klrhshi^^OO^families^ml four eheps.
Khushi is practically a suburb of Mianabad,famhes. There
is track from here to Shirvan in the K ^an v a!%. E y
part of the Isfarain plain is open for wheeled traffic oi a y
kind.

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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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