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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [12r] (28/498)
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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15
Route I—Section B— contd.
DETAILED REPORT.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
' B. 1 0 135J
B. 1 2 137^
B. 1 U 138|
B. 1 2k Ulk
B. 1 34 1444
B. 1 4 145
B. 1 1| 146|
B. 1 3| 1504
B. 1 34 153|
B. 1 4 1544
Four cross roads at eastern end of town.
Road crosses river QARA SU on stone
bridge (under repair Sept. 1941).
A.I.O C. refinery left. Five arch stone
bridge over the QARA SU river. 60 s
long, 16' wide, 16' above water—width
of river bed 50 x —width of stream 40 x —
depth 2'—3' in spring. Height of banks
10'—15'. Approaches difficult and ford
ing not possible.
TArC-I-BOSTAN.—(Sassanian rock car
vings) excellent spring on roadside.
Road junction. Routes II and 6 take
off to the left. The RAMADAN road
turns sharply to the right and runs
parallel to and about 4 mile distant from
the high range of hills on the left from
which, as far as BISITUN it is closely
commanded. A good camp site exists on
the left of the road just after leaving
the hamlet of BISITUN and this might
be made a stage in order to lessen the
next which, if taken from KERMAN-
SHAH, is a long one of 25 miles, nearly
waterless and one requiring continuous
protection on the left flank.
NAUKAN.—Hamlet and graveyard 4 mile
right.
Junction with old road to KERMAN-
SHAH.
Gendarmerie post of CHALABA (no
village).
Summit of slight rise.
Telegraph line direct from KERMAN-
SHAH which follows the line of the old
road as shown on Degree Sheet 2, N.
joins here.
SARARUD village in a clump of trees to
the right. An old Sarai on the right.
The direct track (shown as the road on
Degree Sheet 2, N.) from KERMAN-
SHAH joins here. The road traverses
a gently undulating and stony plain with
a string of villages in the valley to 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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