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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [127v] (259/498)
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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246
Route VII —Section B — contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
A.
1
268|
HUSAINABAD.
A.
1
U
270
Road junction. Road to TABAS takes off
to the right. (Route 72.)
A.
1
i
271
KERIMABAD. The next 5 miles are low
lying and the road is carried on an
embankment lO'-^' above the level of
the plain which is liable to inundation.
A.
1
5
276
HAJIABAD—from this point onwards
the road traverses uninhabited and
A. 1 17 293
the banks of a small stream and skirting
low hills on the left.
(i) Camping ground. —Space for a brigade
on the right and two brigades on the
left of the road just before reaching
the village—clay surface—entrances
and exits easy—M. T. can park on
site.
(ii) Water —From an irrigation channel
beside the road.
(iii) Supplies. —Sufficient for a battalion.
Map 16-H.
ARDAKAN-P. O.; T. O.; Tel O. 10,000
inhabitants—famous for pistacchio and
madder cultivation.
(i) Camping ground—On right one mile
west of town— sufficient for a division
—sandy soil—entrances and exits easy
M. T can park on site.
(ii) Water. —From qanats.
(iii) All supplies plentiful.
(iv) Petrol and oil. —500 gallons.
Sarai.
Telegraph line crosses road and runs away
to the right.
Road skirts low hills on left.
ARDJANUN (ARJINAN)—road rejoins
old trade.
A. 1 If 308| ARDJANUN (ARJINAN)—an old water
tank on a mound 300 x left—gendarmerie
post and a walled orchard.
A. 1
A. 1
A. 1
A. 1
296
297
305
307
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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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