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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [86r] (176/498)
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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163
Route V—Section A— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
c. i 14
B. 1 14
B. 1 4
B. 1 4
B. 1 H
58| Paved nullah crossing 10 x wide road
enters the hills by the TANG-I FILFI-
LAN 100 s wide and after 4 tnile starts
the ascent of the low pass of that name
in ten hairpin bends of average radius of
20'—the gradient is not severe but the
road surface is very rough with rock
outcrops.
604 Summit—the road at once drops again
with three hairpin bends to a ravine, a
tributary of the DALIKI river.
61| Level stretch in the bottom of the gorge-
ford (dry in summer and autumn), old
bridge (broken) alongside.
624 Small ford.
62| Gendarmerie post—river close on left road
on cliff face.
64 Remains of old bridge—gendarmerie post
on right bank.
DALIKI bridge—6 arch stone—length 100 x
—25' roadway—height of centre arch
20' above normal water level—approa
ches easy—river only fordable in an
exceptionally dry year in autumn.
After crossing, the road ascends the right
bank on a ledge 10' above the water
level.
65| Road leaves river and turns up a side
nullah.
664 Start of ascent of MALU pass. (An un
broken ascent of 1,200' in five miles.)
A cutting 25 s long only 9'wide and a
blind corner—average gradient i : 12,
maximum 1 i 5 —countless hairpin bends,
three with radius of only 15'. Surface
very rough with rock outcrops on the
inner side of all the bends.
714 Summit. There is no descent on the
northern side.
The road runs accross the KHISHT plain
at the western edge of which, situated
among the dense palm grooves, lies the
village of KHISHT.
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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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