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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [33r] (70/498)
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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57
M. T. Route II-B.— contd.
(d) Fuel. —Hills are not well covered with brushwood,
but groves of trees are found on the banks of
most of the streams.
8 . P O.L .—SENNEH : 5,000 Galls, (approx) Petrol.
1,000 ,, Oil.
D1WAN DARREH : 200 ,. Petrol (1941).
9. Communications .—Telephone and telegraphs lines from
SENNEH to DIWAN DARREH.
10, Speed —12 m. i.h.
DETAILED REPORT.
Miles.
Classification Inter. Total.
C. 1
C. 1
C. 1
C. 1
C. 1
C. 1
C. 1
C. 1
0 0 SENNEH. Main Square.
i | Rd. June, near large graveyard at East end
of main street. Afte' two steep dips to
dry
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
beds—liable to spate turn
left.
1 u Rd. ascends low hill—old track climbs
straight.
| 2 Summit. The descent is gentle, but later
becomes twdsty with an unmetalled
portion of one mile.
2i 4i NANALEH.—Small river. Trees on the
river bank. There is a sheer drop of
50 ft. on the right to the stream.
k 4f Descent ends (Straight on for new road
to HUSAINHABAD). Turn right over
bridge. Brick bridge of two large and
four small arches over the QISHLAQ
river. Length 40 yds., width 12 ft.
Height above river bed 10 / approac es
easy and crossing by ford at bridge^ site
possible except when river is in flood.
Track to BIJAR takes off to right.
Road turns sharp le t after crossing and
ascends a short pass. The last 50 yds.
of the ascent has an average gradient of
1 in 8 .
| 5 | Track left to QULIAN.
| 6i KHALICHIAN—Tea house and level
stretch. The village lies to the right, and
is not seen from the road.
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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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