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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [180v] (365/498)
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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352
Route IX—Section B— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
(i) Camping ground. —£ mile from tea
house near the road junction—
space very limited—sufficient for half
a battalion ; another larger site on top
of hill £ mile along new road—stony
soil—cover from air, nil, except under
steep nullah sides or in grove near tea
house—M. T. must park on side of
road.
(ii) Water. —Qanat near tea house—plenti
ful—surface—perennial.
(iii) Fuel. —Some standing trees and much
brushwood.
(iv) Fodder. —Nil.
(v) Supplies. —Nil (some live-stock).
(vi) Petrol and oil. —Nil.
(vii) Special sanitary measures. —Nil.
(viii) Collection of supplies.—No facilities and
the countryside is barren. DAM-
GHAN (53£ miles) and SAMNAN (19
miles) are the nearest centres.
The old road follows (and consists of for
£ a mile) the river bed and then after
ascending narrow defiles climbs over
the open hillside to rejoin the new road
at mile 412£. Its surface is worse than
the new road and is more likely to be
adversely affected by bad weather.
The telegraph follows a line appro
ximately half way between the two
roads.
C. 1. £ 424 The new road crosses the stony nullah bed
30 yards broad by an unpaved Irish
bridge and starts a steep ascent of £ mile,
average gradient 1: 20, the road is narrow
here and the outside edge insecure.
C. 1 1 425 Road crosses a stony nullah bed (dry in
August 1933) 30 yards broad, a single
house with some cultivation and an
irrigation channel on the right bank.
C. 1 2£ 427£ Small stone bridge single arch over stony
nullah.
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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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