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'Military Report on Persian Seistan' [‎36r] (76/188)

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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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f)l
No. of
Stage.
DiiiiAircBB.
Names of stages.
Int^r-
muiiate.
Total.
Reiuskta.
12
Kidbi
20
211
Cross small JcotaZ and entor rugged #
stony defile,* hard going for camels, with
a stream running through it. At 12’ miles
road comes out of defile, and is level the
yallage; good water from karezes; supplies plen-
rest of the way. Kidri is a
tiful. This march should be done by daylight as ravine is very rough
nuaR atut> i a. —i • i _ . J &
13
village of 5 families; r dies procurable^
14
15
JUMAIN
Imeani
225
Road is good and runs across an easy
pass, the Kotal-i-Sulimani. Water good
from a karez. Camel-grazing and fire
wood obtainable. Dughabad is only a small
243
258
curable in small quantities
A gradual descent of 2 miles from Dug
habad, road then level for 16 miles. Water
good from a karez; supplies plentiful.
Good road; pass the village of Ghujd 0
miles out. Water brackish from a karez y
but sweet rain water procurable from an
abambar near the village. Supplies pro-
16
Miandeh
20
278
The road is at first sandy and gravelly.
Pass an abcimbar at 6 miles, the road here
is soft earth to the Rud-i-Shur at 12 miles,
,, , , , . , which has precipitous banks and is ford
able at one place only m a dry season. In the rainy season it is impassable,
f rom Rud-i-bhur the road crosses a desolate plain of soft saline earth, which
is a quagmire in wet weather. At 14 miles pass a second abanibar.
Miandeh is a village; supplies procurable.
Water brackish from a karez,
o&am&ar#near the village.
17
18
19
Faizabad
Zahxeabad
Tubbat-i-
Haideei.
karezes ; supplies plentiful.
16 B.
20
Robat-i-Kami
water from a stream. Supplies scarep”^ 1 ^^? 1 - rr 2 -, a j caravansarai. Good
the sarai, but procurable at JCami-i-Rain. k anu ' 1 '^ Ia > the small village near
15
289
302
319
334
but sweet rain-water obtainable from an
Road level through a waterless, desolate
desert. Pass* an abambar at 4th mile;
wahr trood from karezes; supplies plentiful.
Road level, pass villages of Dughabad
and -Narak at 6 and 11 miles, respectively;
water good from karezes ; supplies plenti
es ^j 0a< ? P er f e ctly level; pass villages of
i badrabad and Buryabad at 10 and 13
l miles, respectively. Water good from
Tor details of Turbat-i-H.aideri, see Routes 16 and
Road good, with an easy kotal at llth
J"p® ? P^s village of Kala Nao and Kami-
Rohut i ^ 6 • an - d 14i miles > respectively.
Kobat-i-Kami is a caravansarai. Good
21
Asadabad
18
Hashmatabad at 10 miles.
352
Rr?dimllv r 0 frm/ n if ® 7 P 3 ® 3 ’ and descend!
gradually from village of Khumari for
Tbo 1 ^ 2 j ni . les to the village Robat-i-Sangi.
xxftBimiacaoaa at 10 miles. From here fron \ her e to village of
but the first portion crosses a small salt^tream aim a f ™^L H 1S P erfectl y ^vel,
impassable in wet weather. sueam and a track of soft saline earth;
^ Good water from karezes, supplies procurable.
• Thi* is called the Godar-i-Kkubf, or Gurdar-i-KhaUsT

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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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