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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [168v] (341/498)
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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328
Route IX—Section A— contd.
Miles.
Classification
. Inter
Total.
B. 1
1
99f
MEHDIABAD. Walled village 50 houses
south of road.
B. 1
*
100J
BAZGUN (BUZGUJU) village.
A road branches off here to GUSHA-I-
QALEH and QUCHAN, and from it
roads take off N.W. to the turquoise
and salt mines north and south of
MA’DAN.
B. 1
1
101
Karez.
B. 1
1
101f
BUZGUJU KUCHIK. (Not on map) 60
houses. Stream.
B. 1
u
103
Road crosses a stream bed by a zigzag
turn; crossing floored with concrete.
Probably this stream only floods during
heavy rain. Road construction post.
IBRAHIMABAD (not on map but near
site of AMINABAD). Village 65 houses,
150 inhabitants, 400 yards north of road.
(i) Camping ground —Space for a brigade
to the north of the road. M. T. park
near camping site—approaches would
have to be prepared.
(ii) IVater.- Karez, sufficient for a brigade
—brackish and indifferent.
(iii) Fuel. Limited—a few trees.
Wh eat 500 kharwars—barley
^00 kharwars—meat—sheep 100, cattle
(v) Local Transport. Camels 100, donkeys
B.
4
107
l^d crosses a barren plain which is
liable to flood in winter. Surface is
liable to deteriorate. There is no road
metal available in the section for
maintenance.
Hood water is taken off by three or four
deep channels which are dry throughout
the year except in winter and spring.
loods are unlikely to be sufficiently
severe to cause interruption of traffic.
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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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