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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [183r] (370/498)
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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357
Route IX—Section B—contd.
\%
Miles.
CTissification. Inter. Total.
Ti) Camping ground .—SCO yards south-west
of the village on a grassy valley down
the centre of which a stream flows
sufficient for a brigade—grass and
gravel soil—entrances and exits requne
making near village (20 men, half an
hour)—cover from air, nil M. i.
should park on road near village.
(ii)
Water .—From the GUR-I-SAFID
river— 50,CCO gallons per hour—ramp^s
necessary as banks are 4 10 feet high
and steen— perennial.
(iii) Fweh—Nil and brushwood scarce in
immediate vicinity of ca J ri P more
plentiful on surrounding hills.
(iv) Fodder. —Nil.
(v) Supplies. —Nil.
(vi) Petrol and oil. Nil.
(vii) Special sanitary measures.—Nil
(viii) Collection of supplies. No facilities nor
is the area a productive one.
X 473 The vallev is 300—4C0 yards wide at this
point and the hills rise on either side to a
height of 300 feet above the road. The
valley widens as it descends.
Map. 16-A
B.
1
6
484
The road passes through a small defile 50
yards long and ICO yards wide with per
pendicular sides 200 feet high.
B.
1
1
485
Ford 10 feet broad—water 6 inches deep
(August 1933).
E»
1
1
485|
A tea house and pond on left of road-
track which separated at mile 458^
rejoins road. The MIR SHIKAR gorge
—6 furlongs in length—sides precipitous
— rises 500 feet above road. Road
liable to damage by spate as the GUR-I-
SAFID also flows through this narrow
gorge. Flood level of stream, as evident
from rocky marks on side, is only 3 feet
below road level.
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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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- 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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