'MOBILISATION ROUTES IN PERSIA (VOL. IV, PART II) (FARS, LARISTAN, KERMAN and YAZD)' [222r] (448/622)
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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Water .— Good from a qanat.
25 m. General direction JNr o
by E. Tbe going is good,
at first over rolling
ground steadily rising until it enters the hills after crossing a wide
river-bed, the R ddkhaneh~i-Surkh, at 18 miles. The walled
garden and ruined s irad of Husainabad are passed at 12 miles.
When the road enters the hills it climbs steeply up some 4.009
feet on the dividing range. Pariz village, which has a popula
tion of about 800, is a centre for the co lection of manna, which
is got here in a very superior quality. It is well situated on the
banks of a stream, and is surrounded by trees.
Wafer. —Plentiful.
Fuel. —Plentiful. i i -
Fodder. —Grazing good.. . d
Supplies. —Fair.
4 GAUD -I-AHMAR .. 24 m. General direction N.*
— • E. The road, which is
80 m. steep and difficult, runs
over the Gudar-i-Surkh, which is some 2,000 feet higher than
Pariz, then winding amongst the hills, now across open slopes,
now descending into ravines only to clinlb out again, crossing
three streams, which are liable to become swollen with snow
water, leads down the reverse slope of the hills. At 24 miles
there are two walled gardens, a semi-ruinous sarai, and the tiny
hamlet of Gaud-i-Ahmar, so called from the colour of the cliffs
surrounding it, which are very rich in oxides.
Water .—-Plentiful.
Fuel. —Fair.
# ^ ....... ^ .
Fodder. —Grazing fair.
Supplies. —Nil.
5 UR A F . • •. lb m. General direction N.-
E. Crossing a river-bed
98 m. just beyond the village,’
the road ascends slightly, crosses a small plain, and then enters
a ravine down which it runs to Uraf, a hamlet of half a dozen
houses built round a ruined tower. At 12 miles there is a toll
house, and a watch tower is passed on the left of the road
\ Plentiful
Fodder.—)
Procurable.
PABIZ
58
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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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