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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [206r] (416/498)
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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403
Route No. XFI— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter Total.
B. 1 1
B I 3
B. 1 2
B. 1 2
B. 1 1
B. 1 2
(viii) Collection of supplies —The plain to
the south and east is very fertile and
dotted with villages easy of access.
KAZVIN is the market for all this
produce and owing to its proximity, it
would be better to collect from there
rather than from the villages which
supply it.
After leaving village road dips sharply to
a single arch stone bridge 10 x long, 15'
wide and IS' above stream bed.
16 A sarai on top of far bank.
Road traverses gently undulating country,
the ascents and descents being both
short and easy.
19 Sarai and small stream—DUDEH.
21 KUHIN—gendarmerie post—50 houses—
stream of good water.
Immediately after leaving the village the
road begins the very easy ascent of the
KUHIN pass (the name KUR BULAQ,
as on Degree Sheet 8 -H is very rarely
used).
23 1st Summit—an almost level stretch of 1
mile in which there is a small road
department rest house and a spring.
24 2nd Summit—road starts to descend gently
on a very exposed moor.
26 Road department house of two large rooms.
(A similar shelter is found just below the
summit on each side of those passes in
Iran which are liable to become blocked
by snow).
B. 1 1 27 End of a short level stretch—the road
starts to wind easily down a hillside to
the valley of the YUZBASHI CH AI and
is commanded from both sides from this
point onward as far as mile 106.
B. 1 1 28 AB-I-TURSH—(BIKANDI lines i mile
off the road to the north) two or three
tea houses and a garage.
(i) Camping ground.—An unlevel site suit
able for a brigade in bivouac on the
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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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