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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [10v] (25/498)
The record is made up of 1 volume (245 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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12
Route I—Section A— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
plain by skirting the town on the west
and north sides. The new road takes,
off here and runs straight and enters the
town at the south-west end at the top of
the broad main street. It effects a junc
tion with the old road at the four cross
roads at the Eastern or bottom end of
the main street.
Map. 2-N.
B. 1 4-1 133 KERMANSHAH.
B. 1 135<i Four cross roads at eastern end of the
town P.O., T.O., Tel. O., Headquarters
of a regiment of infantry (the Kerman-
shah independent regiment) and the seat
of the Governor of the Province of that
name. Population about 60,000 mainly
Kurds. Consulates.—British, Soviet,
Turkish and ‘ Iraqi. Banks—National,'
Imperial and Ottoman. There is a mili
tary and a private A.I.O.C. aerodrome.
(i) Comping ground.—North of the town
—approached by the old road—suffi
cient for two brigades (or more if not
under crops) sandy clay soil—entran
ces and exits easy—M. T. can park on
site—cover from air, nil.
(ii) Water—From the springs and qanats
which feed the town from the. south
side—those will have to be guarded
to avoid pollution and must be used
well above the town and barracks.
(iii) Supplies .—All supplies ample for a
division for three weeks.
Petrol and oil unlimited from the
A. I. O. C. refinery.
Xote .—Unconfirmed report of an alternative route from SAR-I-PUL
ZUHAB to SHAHABAD. (Ref. £" sheets 2-F, 2-J).
1. Route .—Runs south east across broad undulating
valley to QALA SHAHIN (F. 8574) thence to GACH GIREWAH
(F. 9263)—Point 3272 (F. 9760) Point 4447 (G. 1550)—MAN-
GLAH-RE (G. 3541.)
^*7
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The volume details motor transport (‘M.T.’) routes in Persia [Iran]. The volume, which is numbered I, covers the main routes in Persia, and was produced by the General Staff, India. It was printed by M Abdul Hameed Khan, Manager of the Feroz Printing Works, Lahore, in 1942. An introduction (folio 3) states that the volume has been updated on the basis of reports received in the wake of the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Persia in August 1941.
The volume comprises details of sixty-five routes, listed on the contents page, between various towns and cities in Persia. Details given for each route include:
- an overview (distance, number of stages, references to maps);
- a general report (classification of route, surface and grading, character of adjacent country, climatic effects, exceptional features, repair and supply facilities, water, fuel, fodder and grazing supplies);
- a detailed report (villages and other landmarks encountered, road classifications, distances).
A handwritten annotation on folio 5 (author unknown) states that ‘distances are somewhat overestimated throughout this report.’ The volume includes a map in a pocket attached to the inside back cover (folio 246).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (245 folios)
- Arrangement
A contents list (f 4) and index (ff 240-245) reference the volume’s original pagination.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 247; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- ‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:245r, 247v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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