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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [88v] (181/498)
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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168
Route V—Section A— contd.
Miles.
Classification, Inter. Total,
meat is plentiful but there is no trans
port for collecting duties nearer than
KAZERUN.
Immediately after leaving the camp the
road bends to the left and ascends
gently for three miles over the stony
lower slopes of the main range.
B. 1 2£ 116^ Short break of 30* in the ascent—road
dips to cross side nullah.
B. 1 £ 116| Start of ascent of the DUKHTAR pass at
first in wide sweeps of an average
gradient of 1 : 12.
C. 1 l£ 118i Very narrow on a ledge overhanging cliff
face on left, precipice on right—road
surface very rough with rock outcrops
projecting as much as 6 "—two bad blind
corners, occasional short stretches of
1: 6 gradient.
C. 1 li 119£ Summit of the DUKHTAR pass—gendar
merie post. Very gentle descent to
B. 1 2 121 £ DASHT-I-BARM—a deep trough-like
valley 1-2 miles in width filled with oak
trees of considerable size some being as
high as 30'—except after rain the valley
is waterless which spoils an otherwise
ideal camping site.
1 5 126£ The road leaves the BARM valley and
starts the ascent of the PIR-I-ZAN pass
ascent of 3,000' in 1\ miles. This
pass despite the height of the ascent
actually offers fewer obstacles to fully
laden M. T. than either the DUKHTAR,
TURKHAN, KAMARIJ or RUDAK
passes. The gradient is nowhere severe
and there are but two awkward hairpin
bends (just below MIAN KUTAL). Its
surface is better and there are no blind
corners. Its only difficulties are its
altitude which causes snow to lie on it
more than on the others in midwinter,
f nd its great length which is dreaded
by civilian lorry drivers in charge of
overloaded vehicles which are stopped
by overheating engine several times
during the ascent.
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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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