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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [210r] (424/536)
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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411
Route No. VI (h) — cordd.
right bank is passed, and at mile 2 the large village of Kashidar
on the left bank with 100 houses. Sibcbal (50 houses) still
lower, has a shrine of the Imam Abdullah. The river now
flows through narrow gorges, which give the upper part of the
valley the name of Dahaneh-i-Kanchi. These gorges continue
as far as Husainabad, 15 houses, on the right bank, where there
is a good camping ground, and supplies in fair quantitieis. ove
the gorges only one crop of com is grown a year, but below
both rice and wheat are grown from the same ground, which is
very fertile though limited in extent. .
At mile 9 the valley opens out and bends W., and a strip
of well cultivated ground half a mile in width extends to
Pursian. The track is very narrow here. At mile 10, on tlie
left bank, is the ruined fort of Kila-i-Dukhtar.
Pursian, or Pursian-i-Kanchi, is one of three hamlets con
taining 200 houses, which is situated about a mile from the
main track, on the right bank up a glen. The village is deserte
in the summer months, although the climate is good.
Camping ground.—Space limited, unless crops were oft the
ground.
Water.—?
Fuel .—
Fodder .—
Supplies,
6
| No information.
—Ample when the villagers are present.
RAHIMABAD 8 m. Continuing down the
valley, at mile 1 the
VT route to Rizi (see
Alternative Route) branches off. The main valley is followed
down to Rahimabad and Girg Siah on the right and !e f t bank
respectively, both with 20 houses. Road narrow and stony.
At Rahimabad—
Camping ground.— to find a site.
Water. —Good.
Supplies.
7
—Fair quantities
NAU DEH
12 m.
General direction W.
Sykes said the direc-
“ tion varie_d from
320° to 270°. At mile 3 cross the small stream of Abar-Rud
from village of Abar, at head of a glen m the mountains to left.
Thence valley narrows and bends, N. banks of stream high, and
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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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