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'MOBILISATION ROUTES IN PERSIA (VOL. IV, PART II) (FARS, LARISTAN, KERMAN and YAZD)' [‎27r] (58/622)

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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. I—
24 \ AZD-T-KHAST .. 20 m. General direction N.-
7,300'. W: The road, broad
378 m. and good, runs over
a barren plain across which troops, could move in any direction.
At about 8^ miles the direct road to Amin'’bid branches oft
to the right running in an N.-N. E. direction. At 10 miles
a tufangchis’ tower is passed on the left of the road with a
. very deep well, the water of which although slightly brackish
is drinkable. J rom here, still crossing the plain bounded on
the left by high mountains, which finally turn sharply to the
W., the road reaches the -dge of the cliff of the Yazd-i-Khast
ravine at 19| miles. The ravme, from 300 to 400 yards broad,
cuts the plain in two and the banks here are literally perpendi
cular cliffs of conglomerate. The bottom of the ravine, which
is level and cultivated, is about 150 feet below the surrounding
plain. The country in the neighbourhood of the ravine is
undulating and its fold would afford cover if necessary to troops
advancing across the plain. These folds are not sufficiently
steep to interfere with traffic on the road, but troops moving
across the plain might in places have to alter direction in
order to avoia them. The descent into the ravine’is very steep,
running down the face of the cliff to the bottom. At the foot of
the descent it keeps under the cliff, above the right bank of
the stream, which flows down the valley, until the caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). is
reached at 20 miles. The village of Yazd-i-Khast occupies the
whole of the summit of a conglomerate spur running out from
the northern cliffs of the ravine for a distance of some 300 yards ;
its walls rising straight up from the perpendicular sides of the spur.
The town is now nearly de serted, the majority of the inhabitants
occupying the new town built on the S. W. of the gate of the
old town. A shallow ditch at the foot of the walls, crossed by a
bridge of logs and mud, has been cut across the spur to the
ravine on the north-western side of the spur up which side the
road runs. The only entrance to the village is across this
bridge. Population 2,500. Livestock 3,000 goats ; 100 cows.
With the exception of a few donkeys there are no transport
animals. < . ..y
There is a stone caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). on the S. side of the ravine, '
and a chaparkMneh on the N. side, where post horses are ob
tainable.
M51CGS

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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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