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'MOBILISATION ROUTES IN PERSIA (VOL. IV, PART II) (FARS, LARISTAN, KERMAN and YAZD)' [219v] (443/622)
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. ll\{t)—conid
bridge, about 80 yards long, across the stream and winds through
fruit,gardens for half an hour, when it commences to ascend the
hills in the S.-E. direction, gradually getting steeper till* near
the summit, when it becomes slightly easier. Up to this point
the road is narrow, but not obstructed. After passing the sum
mit the road turns S.-W. and descends over undulating ground
till if reaches the bed of a mountain stream, the right bank of
which is followed to a walled village called Tangan. On the S.
side of the summit there is an underground winter shelter. Just
beyond Tangan there is a steep ascent for 20 minutes and then
a gentle descent, of 2| miles, when a sharp turn suddenly
brings Simakan into view. Simakan is clustered found a tower,
oh the top of a detached rock, in the centre of a narrow valley.
There is another road from Bavanat, said to be eight miles
shorter but much worse for animals.
2 QABBABAD . . 15 m. General direction S.-
..6,250b W. The road for the
28 mf first three miles is un
miles it crosses a valley, passing the kalehs of Khan Jan and
bAbbasabad, other kdlelis being visible in the distance. At the
bottom end of the valley the road crosses the Simakan stream and
turning E. enters low hills. Road very bad indeed. After pass
ing through a rocky defile, li miles long, strewn with loose stones,
the road becomes more open. Qadrabad consists of a small
kdteh with a larger one biiiM round it. Qadrabad is stage 3 of
Route No. X (R).
A; thorittes. —Sykes, 1895 (fro m native information.)
This route is hard to. identify. It apparently is a desert
track with good water to begin with, but, as it nears Abrkuh, water
is scarce and brackish.
dulating, with a very gradual descent; then for the next 6 or 7
Prom SaR-I-YAZD to ABRKUH.
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es.
4 s l ages.
Epitome,
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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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