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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [90r] (184/498)
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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171
Route V—Section A— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
C. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
C. 1
B. 1
easy—M. T. can park on site—cover
from air, nil.
I
li
5
U
2k
(ii) Water. —Perennial, good and abundant
from a qanat and stream 100 * north of
sarai or from a tributary near the
village. The main river KARA
AGACH (k mile south) is very slight
ly brackish but drinkable.
(iii) Fuel. —Abundant—brushwood.
(iv) Fodder. —Scarce.
(v) Supplies. —Scarce.
(vi) Petrol and oil. —Nil.
(vii) Special sanitary measures. —Nil.
(viii) Collection of supplies. —Impractical.
Old three-arched stone bridge 50* long
(and 15 x ramped approach) 15' road
way, 15' above stream across stream
in the middle of the village.
156| Narrow stretch of l mile on a cliff of
crumbling gypsum 50' above the river.
157f Road climbs above and away from river
and crosses undulating plateau.
I 6 O 4 A steep ascent of 50* (rough surface and
one sharp corner) to a gendarmerie
post.
165|: TUL-I-DUZD—gendarmerie post.
167 Very steep descent of 200* with two bad
hairpin bends of radius 15’ —stony sur
face and inner edges of bends almost
perpendicular.
169jj DEH SHEIK—gendarmerie post — the
village is one mile to the north of the
road and not easy to see in passing.
(i) Camping ground. —On the left of the
road—sufficient for a brigade—rather
unlevel site—grassy—entrances and
exits require making—M. T. had
better park on roadside—cover from
air, nil.
(ii) Water. —From the stream 300* to the
north of the site—good, but scanty in
summer.
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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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