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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [233r] (470/536)
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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457
Route No. VIII (e) — concld.
26i
SHAMS KHAN approx 19 m. Follow the stream for
- | mile and then turn
off sharp WNW.
From this point about 1 mile away is the Russian frontier
post, the low ridge of hills upon the right after turning being
the Russo-Persian boundary. On it are the boundary pillars.
Track runs steedily W., sometimes WNW. At 1 hour a conical
hill on one side of the track, elevation 3,200 feet. Not high
enough to give a view of the railway over the next ridge.
Shortly afterwards pass the village Lain. Follow the valleys
on to the W., crossing ridges and winding in and out of valleys
hemmed in by low rolling hills, until 2 hours after starting,
when a large open valley is reached. This valley is very fertile
and full of herds of sheep and goats, with the black tents of
many Mdlddrs. The latter are not Persians, but wandering
shepherds of Turk! extraction, who cross and re-cross the
frontier as they please. Elevation of valley 2,550 feet. 1 e
track direct from Meshed to Kacha Kaakha crosses the route
here, coming from the S.W. At another place near Kirnabad
during this march, Bruce saw hundreds more sheep and goats
quitely grazing under the shadow of a steep, grassy ridge which
ended in a rocky bluff. Seven hours after starting strike the
main track from Meshed to Kalat, leading to the frontier.
Follow this for another mile and reach Shams Khan. I his
route is almost impossible to follow on the existing map.
ROUTE NO. VIII (£)•
MESHED to MUHAMMADABAD.
120 miles. 5 stages -
Authority. —E. P. Cordon— 1918. M. A Meshed, 1927.
^rst^tage .—Road is level and used by carriages, and a fair
weather road could be made for cars. , .
Vernwr! staae. The country is undulating, ihe road is
rocky^ and unfit for carriages, but suitable for horses,
mules and camels. , ml •,
Third stage.—The country is mountainous. The road
quite unfit for horses, but suitable for mules.
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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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- 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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