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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [8r] (20/498)
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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7
Route I—Section A—contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
Map. 2 J.
B. 1 43|
PAITAK.—Tea house on roadside and
village on right—ascent of PAITAK
pass begins.
At first the road ascends by diagonal and
easy sweeps up a broad shoulder and,
after a more or less level interlude makes
the rest of the ascent along the almost
precipitous rock face of the hill on the
left. A pumping station for the oil pipe
line is situated at the end of the level in
terlude. The last 4 mile is very steep with
three hairpin bends radius 25' with a
miximum gradient of 1 : 6 on the bends.
There is a spring of good water at the
foot of the last ascent on the roadside.
B. 1 3£ 47*
The Iranians held the PAITAK pass in
force in opposition to the British ad
vance in Aug. 1941 but were out-flanked.
Summit of the pass gendarmerie post.
The road undulates sharply with
two sharp ascents and two sharp descents
(average 50 x of 1 : 10 ) before it reaches
the well defined, narrow thickly wooded
and closely commanded valley in which
it continues to descend till within a few
miles of KARIND.
B. 1 3 50£
SURKHA DIZA.—Gendarmerie post-
village of 50 houses.
(i) Camping ground—A poor unlevel site
on the hillside on the left of the road
among oak scrub, suitable for bivouac
for 1 brigade only.
(ii) Water. —Sufficient for 1 battalion only
from the main stream, but, there
should be a spring on the hillside on
the left.
(iii) Fuel. —Plentiful (dwarf oak and other
low scrub on the hillsides).
(iv) Fodder—Very scarce.
(v) Supplies—Very scarce.
(vi) Petrol and oil. —Nil.
(vii) Special sanitary measures. —Nil.
(viii) Collection of supplies. —Impractical*
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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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