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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [171r] (346/498)
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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333
Route Di^Section A~~contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
(ii) Water. —Karez stream from village
sufficient fcr a brigade.
(iii) StipvlMZS -—Wheat 750 kharwars bat”
ley 150 kharwars—fruit in season
meat—sheep 300, cattle 50.
(iv) Local Transport. —Camels 400, don
keys 10.
C. 1 3| 184^ Stream and garden.
C. 1 3£ 188 Water ambar.
C. 1 5 193 MIHR village. Large sarai. Group of
about 6 villages, totalling about 300
houses north of road.
Water ambar and small stream. Fuel and
limited supplies available. Camels
appear plentiful in the neighbourhood.
C. 1 4£ 197£ SUI KHAR. (SUD KHARU on map.)
Village 300 houses—population 600—
Amnieh post—1 garage. Road turns
through village and winds for the next
half mile.
1 ^ 198 (i) Camping ground—On the edge oi culti
vation north of road—site not ideal
but water is available—space unlimi
ted—M. T. could park alongside the
road.
(li) Water. —Sufficient for a brigade from
karez. Water could be conducted
near to camp site through existing
irrigation channels.
(iii) Supplies. —W heat 600 kharwars—barley
430 kharwars—gram, small quantity
—fruit in season in some quantity—
—meat—300 sheep, 60 cattle.
(iv) Fuel. —A few trees exist in the village.
(v) Local transport. —Camels 300, don
keys 20.
Road continues across open barren country
without any particular features. Moun
tain range runs parallel to road about
6 miles to the north. Country devoid of
water except at the villages. Herds of
goats, sheep and camels occasionally met
with.
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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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