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'MOBILISATION ROUTES IN PERSIA (VOL. IV, PART II) (FARS, LARISTAN, KERMAN and YAZD)' [‎76v] (157/622)

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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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140
Koute No. iy(A)—Gontd. j
supplies than that south of Lake Nmz. The rotite would
appear to be practicable with difficulty for wheeled artillery, |
Stages to 4, the Kerman-Yazd post road.
Stage 6, a had and stony pass has to be passed.
Stages 7 to 11 lie across level plains where there is no obstacle
to progress except in the rains. There is one small but steep
pass in stage 10.
Stages 12 to 16 run over broken and hilly ground with bad
going in stage 13.
In summer the heat of the salt plain is great*. In winter the
cold is intense and snow falls.
1 Vafer. —Plentiful and good except in stage 8 where it is
brackish.
Ify/eZ.—Camel-thorn and other scrub.
Fodder.--W&ivly plentiful except in the desert stages.
Supplies.—Might he collected in fairly large quantities in the
districts around Bahi mabld and north of Lake Nlnz, but in
the intervening country only very small quantities would be
available. Large flocks of sheep and ghats are kept by nomads
who frequent the country in the neighbourhood of the route
No. of stage
and total
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Details.
distance.
. : ■ - s - - •' ' ■ ■ ‘ A - ; ’ % ■ • 1 ! ' !
BAGHIN
19hn.
2 ROBAT
L9£ m.
15 m.
Vide stages 1 and 2,
Route No. Ill,
34| m.
3 KABtTAR KHANEH M m.
47f m. .. ■ jy; : ’
4 j bahrAmAbId
24 m
Vide stages 3 and 4,
Route No. Hi.

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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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