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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [103r] (210/498)
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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Route V—Section C— contd.
Miles.
Inter. Total.
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(viii) Collection of supplies .—The area is not
fertile and this village is an oasis in
a barren waste.
529f Road junction—Route 46 (to NATANZ)
takes off to the right.
The next stage is completely barren and
appears to be completely waterless after
mile 530. Considerations of distance
would cause infantry to make an inter
mediate stage but. apart frof 1 * unlimited
flat ground, there are no facilities.
5304
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539
5404
542f
5484
549£
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5564
5614
Two qanats.
Road commanded for 4 a m ^ e ^ rom
some low hills on the left.
Irrigation channel — ruined village the
road heads straight and flat across
barren plain towards the next ridge of
hills visible ahead.
Start very gentle ascent of low pass.
Summit—road is commanded from the
right for 1 mile.
Track left to some scattered huts amid a
little cultivation.
^.oad crosses another flat plain to the
next ridge visible ahead,
start very gentle ascent of low pass-
gendarmerie post on a hill to the right
no water visible.
Summit-road no longer commanded-
practically ro descent to a vast plain,
tillage of 50 houses 1 mile left
(ASKAN ?).
Ruined village.
MEHMEH-P O., T. O-, gendarmerie
post and sarai—2,500 inhabitants. A
straggling village covering, with its
orchards and walled gardens, an area
4 miles longxl mile wide all lying
to the left of the road.
(i) Camping ground—On right of road at
first sarai— unlimited space—entran
ces and exits easy—M.T. can park
on site—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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