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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [208r] (420/536)
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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407
a
Route No. VI (g) — concld.
for guns. At 81 miles, emerge on open plateau extending for
12 to 15 miles W., N. and E.; cross this to Farumad, 171 rmles.
Road perfectly level and good. Large village of 400 house .
Water. —Ample.
Supplies. —Ample.
2 MANIDIR
plain 6 "undulating easily, at 41 miles reach small stream of
water, flowing to Farumad, and enter narrow defile.^ H -
low easy slope, crests formed of ledges of trap. At 5 4 miles
defile opens out to half a mile, stream twists, and is crossed
frequently. At 5f miles very marked conical trap peak bearing
N., 18° E. At 51 miles bearing N., 5° W. ; peak of main ri ge
said to be visible from all parts of Juvarn valleju At 9 miles
reach village of Manidir, watered by good stream, 20 houses.
Up glen is footpath to Jaghatai.
Water .—Good from stream.
Supplies. —Scanty.
3 JAGHATAI .. 211 m. General direction E.
m 0OO / ). Leave defile and
turn across main
9 m. General direction
NNE. From village,
road goes N., across
■idge up easy ascent. Height above village 600 feet. At 1
nile reach crest of ridge, descend steep, rocky and narrow
path not difficult for horses and mules, and practicabie f
•Lmels into a narrow defile commanded by inaccessible rocky
heights. At 11 miles, leave defile and bend S. on narrow pa i,
over easy slopes of clay and marl, crossing a few ravines with
steep sid^s. These nmy be avoided by continuing down
defile and skirting through plain, adding 2 or 3 miles to maic .
At 10 miles, reach village Kuhsar. Water and supplies scan .
ft 15| mile’s, pass village of Dish Kijan. Water and supphes.
At 20J P ass through village of Gaft, and at ^1 2 turn
ravine to town of Jaghatai.
Water .—Good and ample.
Supplies. —Ample.
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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