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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [187r] (378/498)
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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Classification
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
365
Route IX—Section B— contd.
Miles.
Inter Total.
2 564 Irish bridge unpaved over stony nullah.
Stream on right.
£ 564^ Hamlet of 3 houses.
£ 565 Wooden bridge (standard pattern). Village
of SHAMSABAD (50 houses).
Stone bridge—single-arch roadway 10 feet
wide—12 feet above nullah bed—length
15 feet.
1 566 Sharp and blind corner to left. Village,
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
and gendarmerie post of
JAJARUD.
(i) Camping ground. —On left bank of river
and near
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
east of bridge—
very restricted and only sufficient for
2 companies in each area—entrances
and exits poor—cover from air in
groves of poplars on river bank—soil
stony—M. T. can park on roadside.
(ii) Water. —From river—unlimited—low
banks—perennial.
(iii) Fuel. —A lot of standing timber (poplars
and brushwood on hills.
(iv) Fodder. —Scarce and grazing poor.
(v) Supplies. —Very scarce.
(vi) Petrol and oil. —Nil.
(vii) Special sanitary measures. —Nil.
(viii) Collection of supplies. —No facilities.
£ 566i Stone bridge over JAJARUD river—4
arches—length 60 yards with embank
ments of 10 yards and 15 yards—width of
roadway 12 feet—height above water of
centre arch 20 feet. Start of very steep
ascent of 4 miles with maximum gradient
of 1 : 6.
| 567 Hairpin bend radius 25 feet.
Hairpin bend radius 26 feet.
Old road on left straighter and steeper.
3 570 Summit.
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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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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