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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [223v] (451/536)
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. VII (h).
BUJNURD to KARA KALA (on the KIZIL ARVAT
ROAD) via BASH KALEH.
1041 miles. e stages.
Authority. —Napier, 1894. M. A. Meshed, 1927.
Epitome .—Suitable for mule transport, a fair weather motor
road could be constructed. The Uzun Darreh Pass (eleva
tion unknown) is traversed in stage 4. Light field guns have
reached Kara Kala by the alternative stages, being dragged
by hand over the ridge in stage 5. Difficult ford in stage 2 .
The Russo-Persian boundary is crossed in the last stage.
Water .—
Fuel .— C Abundant.
Grazing .— J
Supplies. — Nil, after stage 1.
No. of stage
and total Details.
distance. |
1 BASH KILA .. 23| m. Bear NW. from Buj-
(Pish Kila nurd across level
23J 2 , 100 / ). plain, reaching at
4th mile foot of ridge enclosing plain to W. At 6 th mile, ascend
ing easy spur, pass village Langar, 1 mile right. At 9th mile,
reach crest of ridge. Road narrow and winding, but keeping
to spur of easy slope and soft surface. Total ascent about 1,500
feet. Thence descend into glen leading down to plain of Maneh.
At 11J miles reach hamlet Gudari ; descent about 1,600 feet;
path rough and stony. At 12th mile still descending glen, pass
Karakanlu at 12£ miles Yangi Kila, at 12f Chink, at 13J
Kalateh. Kirik, half mile left. Large village, Sarivan, 1
mile right. At 18th mile, following course of stream, reach
Kaikanlu. Total descent about 3,700 feet; road throughout is
a bad bridle-path. Prom Sarivan a path following a better fine
crosses the same ridge at a lower point near village Badran
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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)
- Arrangement
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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