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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [228r] (460/536)
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. VIII(b) — contd.
ALTERNATIVE I.
From RADKAN to DARBANM-ULANG.
42 miles. 3 stages.
Authority and date. —Sykes, 1913.
Epitome .-—This route is a difficult mule track which joins
stage 3 (at mile 7) of Route No. VIII(6). It is a short cut
from Chinaran, affording an alternative to that via Kila Yusuf
Khan (Route No. V.III(a), stage 2). It is closed by snow
for several months in the year.
No. of stage
and total
f distance.
Details.
1 IMARAT
ia , 7nn / \
.. 19 m. General direction
NNW. At 5 miles
pass Khirich, the
19
white domed shrine of which offers a conspicuous landmark.
Here a track alternative to, but longer than, that described in
stage 2 of Route No. VIII(a), leads NW. to Kilah Yusuf Khan.
At 8 miles Bahmangan whence ascend to a plateau, elevation
5,000 feet, at 13^ miles. Here an alternative mule-track leads
NNE. via the Gudar-i-Bahmangan to Yadak. Proceeding
NNW. pass the village and kotal of Kara Khuzai, 6,100 feet, at
15|- miles; ascent difficult even for mules. Thence descend
to Imarat, 20 houses, situated on the smaller of two streams
which form the head-waters of the Atrak.
Camping ground .—
Water .—
Fuel .—
(?rozw< 7 .—Sufficient for a cavalry regiment; but supplies
nil ; 1 day’s supplies for 1 squadron at Khirich and at Bahman
gan and for an infantry brigade at Radkan.
2 YADAK .. 12 m. General direction N.
■ (5,300'). At 4| miles cross
31 the Kutal-i-Oghiray,
9,300 feet, and at 7£ miles the Kutal-i-Kamu, 6,700 feet. Des-
P 2
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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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