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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [84v] (173/498)
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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160
Route V—Section A.— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
(vii) Special sanitary measures. —Nil.
(viii) Collection of supplies —Impractical.
From this point onwards to AHMADI
the new road runs along the embank
ment constructed (or enlarged) in
1934-36. (The old road winds about
on the bumpy plain and crosses the
SHUR nullah 1 mile to the north of
the new alignment.)
B. 1 5^ 20| Concrete bridge over the SHUR nullah
(dry in summer 1934 and autumn 1935)
2 arches 20' long—15' wide—6 r above
bed.
B. 1 3 23£ AHMADI—100 houses—fort on left and
sarai on right of road.
(i) Camping ground. —Unlimited space just
beyond the village on either side
sandy clay—entrances and exits easy
—M. T. can park on site—cover from
air, nil.
(ii) Water. —Scanty and brackish from wells
in the village. The two small reser
voirs north west of the sarai appear
to be in poor repair and were nearly
empty (July, 1934).
(iii) Fuel. —Very scarce.
(iv) Fodder. —Very scarce.
(v) Supplies. —Very scarce.
(vi) Petrol and oil. —Nil.
(vii) Special sanitary measures. —Nil.
(viii) Collection of supplies. —Impractical.
Route 34 to AHWAZ takes off half
left about 200 x north of the village.
B. 1 i 24 Wide stretch of hard clay with many
parallel car tracks—a quagmire in wet
weather. Up to October 1935 there
was no sign of the continuance of the
new road embankment beyond
AHMADI and this stretch was inun
dated in December, 1935, and closed to
traffic for ten days.
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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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