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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [25r] (54/498)
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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Route I—Section D— contd.
Miles. . )' • . • j.r: r n ,-•»!
Classification, inter. Total.
(vi) Petrol and oil. —20,000 gallons and 1,000
gallons respectively.
(vii) Special sanitary measures. —Nil.
(viii) Collection of supplies .—About 200 don
keys, 50 carts and 10 lorries available to
collect from the villages on the road
east and west. They are, however,
scattered and small. The two most
intensely fertile areas are not easily
reached from KEREJ being respectively,
across the KEREJ river and south and
south east of TEHRAN.
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
14 480|
14 482
44 4864
14 4874
If 4894
Immediately after leaving KEREJ the river
of that name is crossed by..an old double
arch masonry bridge 40 v long, 15 / road-
way and 25' above the water level. The
stream is seldom fordable. The banks
are steep and from 15' to 20' high.
There is a sharp and dangerous corner at
the east end of the bridge at the foot of
a 200 x ascent of 1 : 20. A spur on the
left commands the road for the next
mile. The road traverses undulating
country for the next mile, with the
KEREJ canal 6'—8' wide and 1' deep
running beside the road. The road is
commanded from a high ridge on the
left and has a vast open plain to the
right.
Straggling village of KALAK SARAI, 1
mile long between walled orchards.
The*village of KALAK is high up in a
cleft of the hills 4 mile left.
Gentle ascent to a
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
and equally
gentle descent to the TEHRAN plain.
Short ascent over a shoulder from the
ridge on the left.
Sarai (V. 5439). Immediately after, the
new tarmac road to TEHRAN takes off,
heading due- east. It passes a small
village at mile 491 and crosses the
KAND river at mile 498.; by a three
arch masonry bridge 30* long—15' road
way and 20' above nullah bed. (A
trickle except after heavy rain ) Sides
of nullah 20' high and perpendicular.
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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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