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'Military Report on Persian Seistan' [35v] (75/188)
The record is made up of 1 volume (90 folios). It was created in 1902. 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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60
r -
Route No. 16D.
From Neh to Meshed.
Authority and date. —Khan Bahadur Maula Bakiish, 1898.
As this route is slightly different from those already given, it is here
given in detail.
No. ot
stage.
DisiAirciis.
Names o{ stages.
Inter- I
mediate. |
Total.
RBHAZ&tp.
1
2
3
4
6
6
7
8
Shusp
Chah-Dabaz
Saiiabad
Sabbisha .
Mod
Bibjand .
Rbzan
Kundab .
20
12
16
24
21
23
10
22
20
32
48
72
93
116
126
148
9
10
Araiz .
Tigghab .
11 j Naoghab
13
18
12
161
179
191
a gradual descent to Naoghab.
Nuoghab is a village; supplies
Perfectly level road till the last mile
and a half, then rough; no villages on
road. Water good from a harez; supplies
scarce. Shusp a small village.
First mile road rough across undulat
ing ground, last 11 miles level; no villages
on tlio road ; good water from wells ; no
supplies procurable.
Good road; pass village of Ismailabad
en route. Saiiabad a village; good water
from a karez; supplies procurable.
A gravelly road, with a small kotal easy
for camels ; thjre are no villages on the
road. Sarbisha is a village. Good water
from karezes; supplies plentiful.
Good road for 13 miles, last 8 rough; no
villages on the road. Mod is a village,
with good water from karezes; supplies
procurable.
Good road; pass village of Bojd. Birjand
is a town. Water brackish from
karezes, but sweet rain-water procurable
from abambars; supplies procurable.
Road hilly; no villages en rowte; water
brackish, but drinkable from a spring.
Rezan is a caravansarai.
The road is hilly, the whole crossing a
kotal with steep ascent and descent at two
miles out. Water brackish but drinkable *
from a karez; supplies scarce.
Flat road across a bare waterless plain;
good water from a karez, supplies procur
able. Afriz is a village.
At 7 miles pass Kaminjan village. The
road is level to Tighab, which is a village,
with good water from karezes, and sup
plies are procurable.
From Tighab the road is level for 5
miles; at 6 miles there is a steep ascent and
descent; about $ mile on the road enters
a defile and continues in it for 4 miles, then
procurable; good water from springs.
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A military report on the Seistan [Sistan] region of Persia, written by Captain J M Home. Printed at the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta, India, 1902. The report contains a preface (folio 3), a glossary (folio 5), and chapters on geography, communications, fortresses, climate, resources, ethnography, history, administration, naval and military, politics, and strategical positions. Also included (folios 51-90) is a gazetteer of Seistan, arranged in alphabetical order. At the back of the report is a map showing the routes described in Appendix A (folio 91).
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- 1 volume (90 folios)
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The volume contains a table of contents (folio 4) that refers to the original pagination.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 92; 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.
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