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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [115r] (234/498)
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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221
Route VI—Section A— contd.
Miles
Classification. Inter. Total.
B. 1 £
B. 1 li
B. 1 f
B. 1 If
B. 1 li
B. 1 2k
B. 1 41
B. 1 2
B, 1 U
1081 Road turns towards the slopes of the
KUH-I-NAMAK and is very rough with
short switchbacks.
A three mile line of trees is seen 1 mile to
the left.
109| An unmetalled track takes off left to a
small village 2-3 miles distant.
1101 A qanat crosses road (flow from right to
left).
1121 Road swings left—ruined remains of SAR-I-
CHAHAN not visible and to the left of
the new alignment.
1131 A strip of “ KAVIR ” (salt desert) 1 mile
to the left.
Road passes close under KUH-I-NAMAK
and then under spur of KUH-I-GAKUM
for 5| miles and is effectively comman
ded therefrom.
116 Villages of PATAKUN and TARUN 3 and
5 miles distant to the left.
Extensive date plantations on left of road
stretching for 3 miles.
120k GAKUM—a sarai and about 50 houses.
(i) Camping ground. 1 mile north of
village—sufficient for a battalion in
bivouac—stony soil—entrances and
exits require making (50 men 1 hour)
—cover from air, nil—M. T. can park
on roadside.
(ii) Water .—Good supply from a well—
—sufficient for a battalion.
(iii) Fuel.—Nil.
(iv) Fodder. —Nil.
(v) Supplies.—Nil.
(vi) Petrol and ot/.—Nil.
(vii) Special sanitary measures—Nil
(viii) Collection of supplies—Impossible.
122h Road turns | right and runs up a valley 1
mile wide.
123| Gradual ascent of AB BAD pass begins.
Old road on left, •
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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