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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [39v] (83/498)
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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70
Route II-F. contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
B. 1 4 21!
B. 1 1 22|
B. 1 1 23f
Real enters broken country, starting to
ascenl low pass. Road in defile which
flood would render impassable.
Summit of pass (1 K/C. 6027). Road level
for a space then starts to descend.
Descent finished. According to map
road now bears left, telegraph line goes
straight on.
Irish bridge over stony nullah, 20 yards
broad.
B. 1 If 251 Village of YAIN KAND.
R 1 ! 26i Short descent of i mile across sandy
stretch. Narrow arched culvert with
right angle approach.
B 1 1 * 271 KHOJAMIR (locally KHOJAMISH)—
large village in orchards forming rough
centre of 20 mile area of dense cultiva
tion and orchards stretching from
MARAGHEH to BUNAB on banks of
SUFF CHAI. •
g £ 27| DIZEH—continuation of KHOJAMIR.
(i) Camping ground—On north side of
BUNAB CHAI (branch of SUFF
CHAI), sufficient for brigade, M. T.
can park on roadside.
(ii) Water .—From BUNAB CHAI; per
ennial.
(iii) Supplies—Area could maintain a
division.
1 23 Wooden trestle bridge 200' long over
CHAI. Approaches easy; alternative
crossing by ford. Road now keeps
straight on to cross MARAGHEH—
BUNAB plain, does not bear right to
MARAGHEH as shown on 1" map,
which is definitely inaccurate here.
B.
1
2
30
Cross roads—not marked on 1"
map but
can be taken to be approx.
C. 5537.
Right to MARAGHEH; Uft (3 miles)
to BUNAB.
B.
1
‘ 1
31
Irish bridge over stony nullah.
B.
1
U
32J
IRUSH—houses and orchards.
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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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