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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [105r] (214/498)
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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201
Route V—Section C—contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
(v) St<pp/z'e5.—Sufficient for a battalion.
(vi) Petrol and oil. —Bulk for kerbside pump
3,000 gallons, 1,000 tins (Nov. 1941).
(vii) Special sanitary measures. —Nil.
(viii) Collection of supplies.—Im^racticdil —
the area is not very fertile and there
is an insufficiency of animal transport
for collection.
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
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6134 Stony nullah bed (dry) 75* wide. For the
next 15 miles countless irrigation chan
nels and small shallow nullahs cross the
road. They cannot be seen until within
a few yards and are steep and rough
with almost perpendicular sides and full
of pebbles. Any attempt to maintain a
high average speed invariably results
in a long tale of broken springs.
613f Small village right and left of road—NIYA
SHAHABAD.
Hills left two miles, right three miles.
617! Hills on left approach to within § mile.
Wooden bridge over nullah 10' long-
width of stream 4'—depth 6 ", sides per
pendicular and 6' high.
618f Dry nullah bed 35 wide liable to spate.
Three more but smaller ones in the
next mile.
619i CHASHMEH KWAJA—ruined gendar
merie post—small village and cultiva
tion, sarai, tea house in a clump of trees
and a garage.
623^ Village and cultivation ! mile left.
623| Irrigation channel and long avenue of trees
to a garden ! mile right.
624! Village and sarai of DUDAHAK on left.
Irrigation channel of good water from
right—1" wide, 6 " deep. -
(i) Camping ground.—On right of road-
unlimited space—gravel surface-
entrances and exits difficult on account
of ditches—M. T- should park on road
side,
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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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