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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [169v] (343/498)
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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330
Route IX—Section A— contd.
Miles
Classification Inter- Total.
C. 1 |
c. i U
c. i h
C. 2 li
C. 1 3i
C. 1 i
B. 1 4|
121§ Small village south of road—karez—cotton
cultivation. In general this section is
pastoral and the soil poor.
123£ JIZAK (not on map). Village 100 houses
—garden. Karez—sheep plentiful.
123f Garden with karez south of road.
125 BULGANABAD. Village 200 houses-
karez—sheep plentiful.
128| Road crosses small stream.
1281 From here onward the road widens and
improves in surface. It crosses an
undulating plain. Alignment straight
with Irish bridges.
133 SULTANfABAD. Village 100 houses
300 inhabitants. Amnieh post.
From here a metalled road branches N.E.
to MA’DAN and QUCHAN, (Route
93).
(i) Camping ground .—East of village—space
unlimited—M. T. park by camp site—
surface hard-cover from air, nil.
(ii) Water .—From karez—sufficient for a
brigade.
(iii) Fuel. —Sufficient.
(iv) Supplies .—Wheat 400 kharwars—barley
300 kharwars—fruit in season in small
quantities—meat, sheep 200, cattle
50.
(v) Local Transport .—Camels 50, donkeys
10. (This stage is necessarily short
since there is little water for a long
way during the next stage.
Map. 22-H
B.
1
6f
139 3 (
Road construction post. The road is
broad and straight; it crosses a broad
waterless plain by hills.
B.
1
2
141|
Small garden with spring south of road.
B.
1
h
142|
Road enters hills.
B.
1
l
142|
Small spring and garden. (Supply very
little.)
B.
1
H
144
Small spring. (Supply very little.)
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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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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