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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [209r] (422/536)
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. VI (h)— contd.
Water —No details ; nor is there any information about
«"*** “'i* General direction
2 SOBAKH - almost due W,
23 (Sulakh ?). ^om Darreh
through uncultivated open glen, enclosed by low easy hills.
At 3 3 an empty tank. At mile 3* the glen branches, the
teft branch bearing SW., and leading into the Bustam plam at
the village of Magas. It may be these gardens which are visBi e
from the 8 road at about this point, Foilow right brgch TV W,,.
narrow and winding, hill slopes easy. At mile 6 2 bear VV.,
round a range of hills, and at mile 8b reach open plateau draining
from N. to S., opening S. of the Bustam plain, distance about
18 miles, and known as Murtaza Ah Maidan. Cross p a e
W and enter glen. Two miles to the right a mule path,
leads over the hills to Qalpush and Gurgan in the
This is the main Turkoman alaman (raider s) route. At rmU
23 pass through a narrow defile between masses of trap rock 3
miles lonrtaown ss the Sang-i-Surakh. The paes m an easy
one ; but°for half a mile guns could not be driven without som
^ Sangd-SGrakh is the name of the spot where the defile opejrs
out, and there is a slight ascent to a plateau broken by low
hills. There is a cave in the hillside used as a refuge.
Water. There is a spring of brackish water, which in Septem
her 1912 had completely dried up.
Supplier- .. 7 m. General direction _ VV.
Continue N., rising
oo~~ steadily, till at mile
4 bend W. to Nardln, and descend into a basin, 6 or 8 miles by
3 or 4, surrounded by high mountains, towards the \\. end o.
which lies Nardln.
Nardin, 300 houses, is a small mud-walled enclosure, with
high thin walls and circular bastions, defended by three light
guns. It is built close up against a high range, which cannot
be crossed at this point.
Water.—k good spring of water wells out from the cliff and
supplies the village.
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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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