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'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [244r] (492/536)
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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479
Route No. YIII (m)— contd.
Chehcheh, a group of villages containing about 100 houses with
good crops of rice and wheat, watered by a fine stream. Old
Chehcheh is in Persian territory, the other villages are now
Russian, and there is a Russian frontier post not far from
Persian Chehcheh. Tejen lies some 50 miles to the NNW.
over the desert.
3 KILA-I-HAUZ.. 15J m. General direction E.
Road across a per-
49f fectly level country.
At Kila-i-Hauz there is an artificial rain water pit, but it was,
in 1882, almost filled up with earth. Near it is a small hillock
marking the ruins of Robat-i*’Abdullah Karim. No water en
route.
4 SARAKHS .. 26f m. General direction
• ESE. Country, as
76 J before, perfectly
level. From the 6th to the 10th mile the ground is covered
with hillocks of loamy soil about seven feet high. This part
of the country is called Charkazli. The shrubs are rarely, higher
than a man and not very thick, but carts have difficulty in pass
ing between the hillocks. Otherwise the ground is excellent
for marching. The remainder of the stage is covered with
rank grass and thistles. Nine miles from Sarakhs the road
leaves the large hillocks of Kandukli on its right. No water
en route. Persian Sarakhs lies on the left bank of the Hari
Rud, and about £ mile from it. It is tumble down walled
town, whose people and prosperity have departed to Russian
Sarakhs. There are some 300 houses in the town and 200
houses in the villages round. Water from wells. Forage
plentiful. There is a large fort with a small Persian garrison
and telegraph Office. A considerable amount of wheat is grown.
From Sarakhs and its neighbourhood sufficient supplies for a
brigade passing through can be obtained. Russian Sarakhs
is on high ground on the opposite bank.
Water .—From wells.
Fodder. —Ample.
be collected for a brigade passing
R
Supplies .—Sufficient can
through.
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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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