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'Interim amendments to "M.T. routes in Persia". Vol, 2. Minor Routes.' [‎5r] (9/96)

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The record is made up of 1 file (48 folios). It was created in 1942. 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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Interim Amendments. Route No. 11
Page 1
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M.T. ROUTE No. 11
HAMADAN—SENNEH
Section QURVEH (Mile 56.6 to SENNEH)
Map: The 1/4-inch Sheet I.38.F.(2.M.) of June, 1942, corrects
many inaccuracies on the earlier editions.
Genera! Report
p- 53 8 . Operational—In dry weather the plain North of
QURVEH is ideal country for A.F.Vs.
Detailed Report
Miles
56.5 QURVEH. Amnieh Post, P. & T.O., Barracks,
A.I.O.C. Depot, School and Government
Granary are all on the main street.
€1.5 Route II-A. goes off to left to SUNQUR (Route
Book incorrectly says it goes off at Mile 71.5).
€8.0 CHAMAGULI. A D.W. road goes off North to
KHOSROABAD (X.3803). (See Appendix “A”
to Route 11.)
71.5 Delete para, in Route Book.
79.5 DEH-I-GULAN. Ford is clearly marked and
should be taken obliquely. The track S.W.
from here to AMIRABAD (0651) is passable in
D.W. for 15-cwts.
83.4 Unsafe wooden culvert across stream—diversion
to right.
86.5 Road goes North to BIJAR. (See Appendix
“ B ” to Route 11.)
95.2 Road between the two summits may easily be
impassable after rain. An alternative track
exists lower down which is easily passable for
vehicles up to 30-cwt., except where two
streams cross it.
107.2 Narrow approaches to new bridge. Old bridge
still exists but is falling to pieces. Diversion
possible down stream.

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The interim amendments are comprised of a list of routes through Persia compiled by the mechanical transport (M T). For each route the start and end destinations are given along with following: the total distance; references to maps showing the route; general notes and a report which breaks down the route into smaller parts; details of the route's suitability in various weather conditions; surface, gradient, character of adjacent country; climate, local features, condition of the roads, and available facilities and supplies such as camping locations and water.

The routes described in the amendments are:

  • M T Route No. 8 Kangavar [Kangāvar] - Jokar [Jowkār] via Tuisarkan [Tūyserkān]
  • M T Route No. 9 Kangavar [Kangāvar] to mile 272 on route IV C via Nehavend [Nahāvand]
  • M T Route No. 11 Hamadan [Ostān-e Hamadān] - Senneh [Sanandaj]
  • M T Route No. 11-A Qurveh [Qorveh] - Sunqur [Sonqor] and thence to join route 1-B near Sahneh [Şaḩneh]
  • M T Route No. 14 Hamadan [Ostān-e Hamadān] to Zenjan [Zanjān] via Kabutarahang [Kabūdarāhang]
  • M T Route No. 16 Rawan [Ravān] to Saveh [Sāveh] via Nubaran [Nowbarān]
  • M T Route No. 17 Saveh [Sāveh] to Tehran [Tehrān]
  • M T Route No. 17-A Saveh [Sāveh] to Qum [Qom] via Kardin [Kūh-e Kordīn] and Haveh Āveh]
  • M T Route No. 17-B Saveh [Sāveh] to Qum [Qom] via Anjilavand [Anjīlāvand]
  • M T Route No. 32 Ahwaz [Ahvaz] to Ganaweh [Gonāveh] via Behbehan [Behbahān]
  • M T Route No. 33 Behbehan [Behbahān] to Kazerun [Kāzerūn]
  • M T Route No. 34 Bushire [Būshehr] to Ganoweh [Gonāveh]
  • M T Route No. 42 Khumain [Khomeyn] to Isfahan [Isfahan] via Gulpaigan [Golpāyegān]
  • M T Route No. 45 Nain [Nā’īn] to Qum [Qom] via Ardistan [Ardestān]
  • M T Route No. 51 Bushire [Būshehr] - Lingeh [Lengeh]
  • M T Route No. 55 Lar - Lingeh [Lengeh]
  • M T Route No. 61 Lingeh [Lengeh] - Bandar Abbas Bandar ‘Abbās]
  • M T Route No. 92 Meshed [Mashhad] - Sarakhs [Sarakhs]
  • M T Route No. 93 Dughai [Dowghā’ī]- Sultanabad [Solţānābād]
  • M T Route No. 94 Imam Quli [Emām Qolī] (Mile 122 on Route VIII-C) to Lutfabad [Loţfābād]
  • M T Route No. 95 Quchan [Qūchān] - Bandar Shah [Bandar-e Torkaman]
  • M T Route No. 98 Shahrud [Shāhrūd] - Shahpasand [Shāh Pasand]
  • M T Route No. 101 Tehran [Tehrān] to Semnan [Semnān] via Aiwani-i-Kaif [Eyvānekey] and Garmsar [Garmsār]
  • M T Route No. 102 Route 101, Mile 28.2, to Tehran [Tehrān] via Jalilabad [Jalīlābād] and Veramin [Varāmīn]
  • M T Route No. 103 Rudian [Rūdehen] to Amol [Āmol] via Ab Ali [Āb‘alī]
  • M T Route No. 104 Babul [Bābol] to Mahmudabad [Maḩmūdābād] via Amul [Āmol]
  • M T Route No. 105 Arablar [Arablyar] to Maku [Mākū]

Routes 8, 11, 42 and 101 also include appendices detailing alternative options to the principal route described.

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1 file (48 folios)
Arrangement

The amendments are arranged in numerical order according to route number.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 48; 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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'Interim amendments to "M.T. routes in Persia". Vol, 2. Minor Routes.'
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