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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [99v] (203/498)
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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190
Route V—Section B contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total
of one long wide main street. About
6,000 inhabitants—seat of a deputy
governor—P. O., T. O., Tel. O. Road
junction for the new road through
Bakhtiari country to HAFT KHEL and
AHWAZ.
(i) Camping ground —On the left of the
road before crossing the moat I 5
miles short of the town—sufficient for
a brigade—entrances and exits easy if
small irrigation channels are smoothed
out—M. T. should park on roadside
(very wide here)—cover from air, nil.
(ii) Water. —Perennial, plentiful and good
from the stream.
(iii) Fodder. —Plentiful.
(iv) Fuel. —Plentiful—cut and standing.
(v) Supplies. —Sufficient for a brigade for a
fortnight.
(vi) Petrol and oil. —16,000 and 1,000 gallons
respectively A petrol pump has been
installed.
(vii) Special sanity measures. —Nil.
(viii) Collection of supplies. —2,000 donkeys, 40
carts and 20 lorries available to collect
from a fertile and accessible area to
the south and south-east.
A. 1 447 End of SHAHR RIZA—gardens and culti
vation stt etch away up a wide valley to
the north, north-east and east of that
very prominent landmark, hill 7546, the
jagged summit of which, crowned by a
small hermit’s cell can be seen for many
miles.
The road is first commanded from the hills
on the left. After nine miles these
recede for short distances to 3 or 4 miles
distance and after a seven miles gap, the
hills on the right close again and com
mand the road for the rest of this stage.
A. 1 9^ 456^ Chain of low isolated hills 1 mile to the
right.
A. 1 4| 461 Deserted gendarmerie post,
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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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