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'MOBILISATION ROUTES IN PERSIA (VOL. IV, PART II) (FARS, LARISTAN, KERMAN and YAZD)' [‎110v] (225/622)

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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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20S
. Route No. 2—cor^
is a small s >mre mud fort with round corner towers, with a
few huts outside, containing in all about 200 people. Opium
is the chief crop, and the ground, in the vicinity for about two
square miles is well cultivated, there being also wheat and barley.
There is said to be a good road from here to Shiriz, four stages
off.
Waier.- —Plentiful.
J^eL-^-Scarce.
Supdies —Source with exception of a few places,
14 HERAT-I-KHQRREH lof m. General direction N.
Chah ttaq is left by a
I’gqi‘‘ good road, which.ad first
runs over level ground, and then gently ascends over rising
ground thrown out by the hills to the east, and at 3^ miles
reaches the summit of a low rounded elevation. Grass is Scarce
but bushes abound. A great plain on the right extends as far
as Robat. The route now continues over elevated sandy
ground with gravel hills on the left, and a mass of broken ground
behind them which terminates in a lofty range. At 81 miles a
hillock is passed on the right, and then a small watershed is
crossed. This is followed by a gentle descent and at 8 miles a
dry watercourse is crossed Hawing N.-N.-E. Its bed is stony,
70 yards broad. It is passable,' except'after heavy rain, which
from the appearance of the bushes and water line seldom occurs.
The route now runs over stony ground ascending gently; a few
shrubs about but no grass ; barren rocky hills on the left. At
12f miles a dry watercourse without banks is crossed, coming
down from a. narrow valley enclosed by rocky hills, and round
the extreme E. point of the Kuh S'afid bills. At 134 miles a
road branches off to the village of Kadamgah three and a quarter
miles away on the left, surrounded by trees.' The shortest route
to Yazd lies on through it. The road now descends over a stony
waste until 15 miles is reached, when cultivation occurs on the
left and a copious stream of fresh water. At I5f miles there is
a water-mill and the stream is crossed, and at 15f miles the
outskirts of the town are reached. The road is good and pass
able to all arms throughout. Herat-i-lihurreh is a small town
containing 303 houses, and surrounded by a cluster of small vil
lages, the total population being about ] ,700. There is na Mzm

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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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'MOBILISATION ROUTES IN PERSIA (VOL. IV, PART II) (FARS, LARISTAN, KERMAN and YAZD)' [‎110v] (225/622), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/12/10, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100049363498.0x00001a> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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