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'MOBILISATION ROUTES IN PERSIA (VOL. IV, PART II) (FARS, LARISTAN, KERMAN and YAZD)' [‎16v] (37/622)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (307 folios). It was created in 1924. 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. l—eontd. .
. Difficulties Nos. (n)> (w) and (iv) are all avoided by the detour
to the E. {vide end of route), but, at the same time, on account
of the scantiness of the information, it is impossible to judge of
the exact nature of the difficulties to be met with, and the prob
able amount of labour required to improve them.
{v) Stage 20 .—The road is narrow and bad in descent to
Khan-i-Khurreh. This point would probably re
quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. much labour to make it into an easy toad.
(vi) Stage 24 .—The descent into the Yazd-i-Khast ravine
is dangerous for carriages or guns. As the banks
of the ravine consist of conglomera te rock it would
probably not be possible to construct a ramp down into
it without a large expenditure of Labour. This cross
ing, and the village of Yazd-i-Khast, can be avoided
by a detour which crosses the ravine 3 to 6 miles to
the E. of Yazd-i-KlYst, by which Amlnab^d is made
the halting place, but information does not appear
to show that the crossing is so much better than that
at Yazd-i-Kh st, and it has the disadvantage of
making the stage at least 12 miles longer.
(vii) Stages 18, 19, and 20 are dangerous, on account of
snow, in winter months.
Wot?.—The road is comparatively secure for travellers, if armed, the most
inrecure portions being that between Shiraz and Dehbid and from Abadeh to
Maqsud Begi, when Turkish tribes are about in summer.
The winter is fairly mild though on the passes there are often heavy falls of
snow between December and March. At times there are heavy falls of rain which
afreet the passability of the road In summer, although there is rarely excessive
heat, the mid-summer months are hot, and it would be inadvisable to march lar^e
bodies of troops between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. The plain between
Zarghun and Pui-i-Khan during the summer months and up to the time of the
autumn rams is infested with a small fly known as the Jifias Manas. This finds
its way into the nostrils of animals and the quietest of animals become most
violent xn their efforts to get rid of it. At Sfvand and Murghab there is invariably
fever during the summer and autumn Animal sickness also prevails and often,
causes the abandonment of certain portions of the road for a time.
Water .—Water good and abundant at stages 15, 16 17 18
19, 21, 22, 24 and 26. '
Water of poor quality at stage 28.
Up to Dehbid water is obtained on the march from streams.
In stages 20, 21 and 24 no water en route ; in stage 25 only at
Aminabvid ; in stages 23, 26 and 28 probably only obtainable at
one or two villages or from the canal in stage 23 ; in stage 27 only
in the first half of the march ; and in stage 22 no difficulty
following details may be noted.

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The volume is a Government of India official publication entitled Mobilisation Routes in Persia (Volume IV, Part II) (FARS, LARISTAN, KERMAN and YAZD) General Staff India 1922 (Simla: Government of India Press, 1924).

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. IV. Part II , which shows a region of central and southern Persia, indicating routes described in the volume, cities, towns, roads, tracks, paths and hydrology. The map includes a printing statement which reads 'Simla Drawing Office No 2914. September. 1922.'.

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1 volume (307 folios)
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The volume includes an index (folios 270-306), and provides a map in a pocket attached to the inside back cover (folio 308).

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 309; 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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