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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [234r] (472/536)
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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459
Route No. VIII (f) contd.
15 miles the road runs parallel to an irrigation stream which flows
from Rizan. At 17 miles this stream splits into three parts
0116 The'^vihage on^is smllf with about 150 houses. The
whole surrounding country consists of numerous vineyards.
Camping grounds. So. suitable plac» n**r ullage.
Water supply.-In village from hauzes, also from irrigation
streams.
Yud. F rom trees in gardens.
S“»i-Wla ge is under the control of the Governor
of Meshed The telegraph line runs parallel to the roa a
1 way fiom Meshed- It passes through Eizan, but there
is no Telegraph Office.
Caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
.— In centre of village.
9 MARUSHK • • 28 m. General direction -N.
2 makuojuxv The road i s more
hilly and in many
placet’going is very bad indeed T”* V^st^r' italTs
of the ground and the presence o ^ but cultivation is
stage the country is not quite P ^ watered va lleys.
carried on extensively m ve y > , ^ qhe village
The road is suited for ^^^md^^ontains about 200 houses
of Andarukh is reached at 2imles, ^ vill age is a good
and a large
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
. To the S puply. From
camping ground for a regimen , wi ex t 0 nsively cultivated
the 21st to the 23rd mile there is ^ } is b y a
valley, along which the road rum. The water supply
river running due S., supply abundant
Fa ^ Uan ‘
titles of vegetables and fruit.
Fuel. Plentiful. a weU cultjTOted valley
The road then runs N. g a ^ ^he narrow
for a distance of two miles and j^en e t At the
hills. The road is very bad, bel 8 . .. divided i n to three;
S. end of the pass the nVe ^. 1 .^ Manuels The pass is about
lu^way dorm. Tin.
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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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- '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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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