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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [7r] (18/498)
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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( 3 )
5
Route I—Section A— contd.
Miles
Classification. Inter. Total.
(iii) Fuel .—Poplar groves.
(iv) Fodder .—Scarce and grazing poor.
(v) Supplies — Sufficient for a brigade for
a week.
(vi) Petrol and oil. —5,000 gallons and 100
gallons respectively.
(vii) Special sanitary measures. —Nil.
(viii) Collection of supp/tes.—Impractical.
B. 1 4| 18 Old customs post of IBRAHIM KALAN-
TAR.—Gendarmerie post. Road turns
sharply to the right round a stone lined
irrigation canal or 6' wide and 1' deep—
sides 5' high. The country traversed for
the next 6 miles is very much broken up
by numerous steep sided nullahs making
movement off the road extremely diffi
cult.
B. 1
31
21f
Ruined tower on left.
B.
1
i
•£
221
Steep but short descent and ascent—
SAIYID HUSAIN, village on right.
B.
1
221
Gendarmerie post.
B. 1
u
24
Road climbs out on to a broad ridge in the
middle of a valley 10 miles wide.
B. 1
5
29
Road ascends gently to a low pass whence
SAR-I-PUL village is visible, the descent
also is gentle.
B.
1
2\
311
Tea house and culvert over a small stream
with alternative crossing by ford along
side—20 x wide, 1' deep, pebbly bottom.
B. 1
2k
34
SAR-I-PUL ZAHAB—P.O., T.O., Tel.
O. 500 houses and gendarmerie post. A
dirty village of a few good houses and
the remainder hovels. 4 arch brick
bridge 40 x long, 15' wide and 20' above
stream at the two middle arches, breadth
of stream 20 x , depth 3' in spring —
approaches difficult and no alternative
crossing place near-by.
For alternative route from SAR-I-PUL to
SHAHABAD, see Note at end of
Section.
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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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