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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [173v] (351/498)
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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338
Route IX—Section A— contd.
Miles.
Classification Inter. T otal.
Map. 15-P.
B. 1 4i
B. 1 3
B. 1 3k
C. 1 4
C. 1 2
C. 1 1
C. 1 24
265-2 Road narrow and deteriorates. The coun
try for the next stage is similar to the
last; barren broken country after leaving
the plain surrounding MIANDASHT.
Water is very scarce.
2682 Watch tower (deserted). Well and spring.
Supply of water very doubtful.
272 Small ruined sarai and watch tower (deser
ted). Road steep, winding and narrow
for next four miles.
276 Watch tower (deserted). Small karez
(dry).
278 Watch tower (ruined).
279 NUSRATABAD —(ZAIDAN). Sarai and
small village 10 houses, 40 inhabitants—
garage—small stock of petrol held.
(i) Camping ground —To the southwest o*
the village—stony ground—space un
limited.
(ii) Water—A.n excellent spring and stream
of good water—pond—supply ample
for a brigade.
(lii) Fuel .—Sufficient for a brigade.
(iv) Supplies .—Wheat 10 kharwars — barley
10 kharwars—meat, sheep 250. cattle
20 .
(v) Local Transport .—Camels 200 , horses 10.
The next stage is a short one owing to the
necessity of camping by the last available
source of water before traversing the
waterless stages between MIAMAI and
SHAHRUD. A prominent land mark
for many miles either side of MIAMAI
is an isolated mountain rising to a height
of over 6,000 feet lying immediately to
the south of the village.
2814 Perennial stream.
MIAMAI mountain range runs close to
the road to the south for a distance of
8 miles—height about 4,000 feet above
the plain.
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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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