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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [182v] (369/498)
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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356
lassification.
Route IX—Section B— contd.
Miles.
Inter. Total.
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. I
C. 1
C. 1
C. 1
C. 1
C. 1
C. 1
C. 1
B. 1
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almost perpendicular drop to a stony
nullah bed 50 feet.
470 The ascent is interrupted here for 1 mile
by level and even slightly downhill
interludes.
471 A hamlet of 2 or 3 houses and a small
spring which flows into a pond in a grove
of trees.
47lf End of level stretch and beginning of final
ascent of BASHM pass.
4734 Stony nullah crossing 20 yards in width—
liable to spate.
473| Stony nullah crossing 20 yards in width—
liable to spate. Hairpin bend of 25 feet
radius.
474 Two more hairpin bends 25 and 24 feet in
radius on a gradient of 1 : 6.
474f An Amnieh post and tea shop.
475 > Hairpin bend of 25 feet radius on gradient
of 1 : 6.
475f Summit of BASHM pass. Liable to be
blocked by snow for 3—5 days at a time
on two or three occasions from Novem
ber to February in a average winter.
Start of descent. A track strikes off to
left which rejoins the road at mile 468|.
A hairpin bend (well revetted) of 25 feet
radius.
476 Road narrow at corners and hillside
composed of insecure shale.
477| Descent from BASHM pass ended and
road enters alpine valley narrow at top
and widening as it descends with a
stream in the centre.
477| GUR-I-SAFID village—a dirty hamlet of
20 houses deserted in winter owing to
the snow which falls heavily on this
high and exposed valley.
A mule track strikes off to right which
joins the FIRUZKUH—CASPIAN road
at the GUDUK pass.
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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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