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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [95r] (194/498)
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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181
Route V—Section r B— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
(iv) Fodder. —Scarce.
(v) Supplies. —Scarce.
(vi) Petrol and oil. —Ample. A petrol pump
has been installed.
(vii) Special sanitary measures. —Nil.
(viii) Collection of jupp/ies.—Impractical.
B. 1 1| 26 ^ Road enters the KAMIN gorge—length
44 miles, average width 30 x , sides 200'
high, down the centre of which runs the
AB-I-KAMIN which is forded seven
times in the gorge. In summer it is a
very shallow stream but would be
troublesome if in spate.
B. 1
4£
265
Road emerges from the defile and rises gen
tly to the undulating MESHED-I-MUR-
GHAB plateau—gendarmerie post on
right at the exit of the defile. The hills
on the left gradually recede until at
mile 269 they are two miles distant.
B. 1
5§
2704
Gendarmerie post of KURSHUR—walled
village of that name 1 mile left.
Ruins of PASARGADAE and the tomb of
CYRUS two miles left.
B. 1
44
274f
Summit of gradual rise—steep and rough
descent of 4 mile with two bad bends,
radius 16'.
B. 1
l
2754
Road commanded from low hills left and
right.
B. 1
2
2774
Ford 15* wide—a trickle in summer but
liable to spate.
B. 1
1
2
277f
Irrigation channel—MURGHAB village
two miles left.
B. 1
IS
2794
Tea house—QADIRABAD village 4 mile
to left.
(i) Camping ground .—On right of road
behind tea house—sandy soil and
gravel surface—sufficient for two
brigades—entrances and exits easy—
M. T. can park on sit—cover from air,
nil.
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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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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