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'MOBILISATION ROUTES IN PERSIA (VOL. IV, PART II) (FARS, LARISTAN, KERMAN and YAZD)' [‎63r] (130/622)

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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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No. of stage
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distance.
Details.
BAGHIN . .
(5,879'), (5J400.
19^ m* General direction W..-
S.-W. Distance taken,
from the Consulate.
191 m .
Through suburbs, and at 1J miles enter town by eastern gate.
Through the bazar and across Artillery Square to the western
gate. Just before exit at 2 miles, the telegraph office on the left
and the Governor’s palace on the right. Through cultivation to
6 miles. Road to Akbarabad branches off le^t^ At 6J miles a
coffee shop and at 8|- miles another. At 11 miles village of
Sa’adatabad, mile on right. At 13j miles enter sand ; very
heavy going. At 15|- miles over the watershed, which is 100 feet
Higher than B" ghTn ; thence gradual descent do Baghm, rounding
the edge of the B dun'n range. Bagliin, 300 houses; 1,500
people ; large supplies ; transport 1,000 donkeys ; caravansarai
and chaparkhdneh ; water from 7 qandts from the Rudd-Charl.
Camping ground east of caravansarai. oi^nia a inodtr^
...ax .'i.i 15 m.
R OB AT
(5,907'.)
Gpnei:al 4i re cRon W.-
N. - W. Good road
through a valley growing
On left side cultivated op fallow land up to
. m.
mpre and more open.
Sa’adi at 6 miles. At 1 mile village of Ismailabad on left; no
permanent houses ; cultivation only. At 3J miles a camel track
branches off and rejoins main track at 9 miles. At 6 miles village
of Sa’adi, J mile on left; 100 houses ; one ganadof sweet water ;
supplies limited. At 9 miles qandts begin to run along road on the
left. At 9J miles village Ismailabad J mile on left. Road from
here to 10J- miles is stony. At 13 miles village of Daulatabad.
Robat, 200 houses ; 1,000 people ; good supplies j transport 300
donkeys ; caravansarai ; with bdldkhdneh. Ygvlx qai^dts, all very
slightly brackish. ivaslim H .Ral mid ho shmad
3 KABUTAR KHANEH 13J m. General direction
*—- (5,680'.) W. -N. -W. Road through
47| m. valley, still opening out.
Through cultivation for J mile. At | mile track goes off to
the right to village Kasimabad. At 1| miles over a plain
of light yellowish clay which acts as a sort of basin. It is not
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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)
Arrangement

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

Physical characteristics

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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