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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [238r] (480/536)
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 ( g )— contd .
then it winds down to the village of Bardeh, or rathei trvo
villages of that name close together. Bruce makes the descent
to be 900 fdlt. The 2 villages occupy two round hills ; that
with the lesser number of houses commands the other. There
is an old mud fort, now in ruins but, at one time a place of
some strength. The hills for the last part of the way are thinly
dotted with juniper trees. The stage is said to be passable
for camels with the exception of the second kutal.
Water. In 2 springs, one slightly brackish, but which are
not sufficient for irrigation, the crops being entirely dependent
on the rainfall.
Supplies. —Procurable.
4 ISTIKSU OR .. 10 m. General direction
GARMAB. rather E. of X. The
road runs down the
nala to the E. for the first 2| miles to the village of Baghkan,
a forsaken spot, but boasting the ruins of an old fort, well
placed in ancient days. Then turn up a side nala to the N.
Up this it winds, rising steeply for about miles, when un
dulating ground on the top is reached. Arcoss this it runs
for another mile to Mirza Kushti Pass. The surface is for the
most part roughly ploughed, although there is no sign of water.
The road then drops down a fine glen with startling abruptness.
The glen is V-shaped, both sides rising from the little stream
at an angle of 50. The descent down this on the northern side
of the hills is very steep, comprising first a sudden drop from
an elevation of some 6,400 feet to about 5,000 feet to the bed
of the nala, where water is reached. Thence down the nala
between scarped hills on either side, until the camping-ground
is reached at the junction of this nala with the Istuk nalas
some 5 miles from the top of the pass, and with a further des
cent of some 800 feet. The village of Istiksu contains some
50 families of Jalairs.
5 KALAT-I-NAIDRI 6 m. Road immediately en-
(Darban-d-i- ters narrow rock
53 Arghavan Shah). defile, named War-
band-i-Gauri, so called from a settlement of Gabrs said to have
formerly existed here, the name having gradually been changed
from Gabr to Gaur. Defile continues for about a mile; below
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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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