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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [17v] (39/498)
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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26
Route i—Section C—contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
B. i 2£ 270£
B. 1 5 275k
B. 1 k 276
B. 1 li 277i
B 1 3| 281
B. 1 If 282|
B. 1 7 289|
B. 1 U 291
B. 1 2| 293^
Map 9-A.
High 3-arched brick bridge over the easily
fordable QARA CHAI. 30* long, 15'
roadway 10' high. On each bank the
road makes a right-angled turn when
approaching the bridge. A wide strip
of cultivation continues parallel to the
road on the left at a distance of 2—3
miles, while the road traverses a bleak
countryside.
Beginning of gentle rise over low ridge
projecting into the HAMADAN plain
from the South.
Summit—road descends gently to the plain
again. Camping ground not reconnoi
tred ; space unlimited. Water from a
good spring east of the old road (t e.,
west of the new) and practically no
supplies.
AK BULAGH.—A sarai and a few huts 1
mile to the left of the road.
Tea house.
Five arch stone bridge over the QARA
CHAI—20 x long. 10 / wide, 10 / above
water level—approaches easy and stream
fordable on site except in spring when
2' of water may be met with.
Bridge only wide enough for single column
of M. T.
Gendarmerie post and sarai VIYAN.
A ruined village with only a Road De
partment house now standing on the
roadside.
RAWAN.—Village. A motorable road
takes off from here to SAVEH via
NUBARAN. (Route 16),
Former reports give camping ground as
good beyond the village east of the road
— supplies nil—water good from wells
but liable to scarcity in dry weather for
a force as strong as a brigade. Two tea
houses. Surface water appears to con
tain saltpetre. The road climbs very
gently from this point onwards practi-
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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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- 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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