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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [29r] (62/498)
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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49
M. T. Route II-A.— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total
SURKHALIJEH village.
A. 1 6^ 13f Prominent bluff on right.
A. 1 £ 14^ KHAZANCHI—50 huts and a spring
Road junction.
A. 1 2$
A. 1 i
A. 1 2
A. 1 1±
A. 1 If
Route 6 to PAVEH and NAUSUD takes
off to left.
(If it is desired to make this a stage, a
good camping ground exists on the banks
of the AB-I-RAZAWAR f mile left
with good water but no supply facilities.
Alternatively TAK-T-BOSTAN could be
made the first stage and SARBALA the
second). Road cuts across the 2^ mile
long base of a triangular salient with
its apex in the hills two miles right.
This is a marshy stretch and before the
present road was built up on an embank
ment the old wet weather track made a
detour to the right to hug the hills and
keep to the higher ground. Excep
tional rain might even now render this
latter the safer road. It rejoins the new
road at mile 16|.
16| End of marshy stretch. N Village of
AHMADABAD (40 houses).
YI\ Extensive graveyard—spring—ruined vil
lage on a mound on left.
19i Extensive plain—very boggy in wet
weather. Embankment is narrow with
almost perpendicular sides which will
not stand up after rain. Vehicles must
keep to the crown of the road—passing
impossible.
20^ Village 10 huts near a mound on the left
SIAH CHIA.
22i SARABALA (SARAHBALAH) a village
of 20 houses under the hill on right.
Dense trees and reed beds in the stream
close by on the left. Road blocks would
be effective here, also south and east of
GAKIA (G. 8098) and at KURSARAB
(B. 7903) and SARAI (B. 7605).
(i) Camping ground .—On right of road—
sufficient for a brigade—clay soil with
stony surface—entrances and exits,
easy—M. T. can park on site after
smoothing irrigation channels and
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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.
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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 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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