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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [12v] (29/498)
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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16
Route I—Section B— contd.
Miles.
ClassiBcation. Inter. Total.
right. It is continually commanded
from the left.
B. 1 5 159^ Road junction. Route 7 (to KHURRAM-
ABAD via HARSIN) takes off to the
right. (Sign post gives KHURRAM-
ABAD as 166 kilometres.)
B. 1 2^ 16l| BISITUN.—200 houses—gendarmerie post,
tea shops, famous rock carvings.
(i) Camping ground. —On right of road,
between road and river just before
reaching village—unlimited space—
gravel, stony surface—entrances and
exits easy—M. T. can park on site—
cover from air, nil.
(ii) Water. —From the GAMASIAB river
for animals and or drinking from the
very good spring from the BISITUN
rock on the roadside.
(iii) Fuel. —Scarce—a little brushwood and
a few poplars on the river bank.
(iv) Fodder. —Scarce.
(v) Supplies. —Scarce.
(vi) Petrol and oil. —A few tins (irregular
supply).
(vii) Special sanitary measures.—Nil.
(viii) Collection of supplies. —Impractical
through lack of transport.
B. 1 £ 1621 Four arch humpbacked masonry bridge
over the DINAVAR river—60 x long-
lb' wide~20' at highest arch—width of
river bed 30 x —two streams in spring of
36'—10' wide and 6 1 ' deep and 6' wide
and b" deep.
B. 1 1| 164 Double arch stone bridge with embank
ments over a side stream—10 x long—12'
wide 15' above water, easily fordable
except in spring.
The road crosses a fertile plain dotted
with villages and is uncommanded for
about four miles.
B. 1 2 166 Sudden and sharp double “S” turn with a
culvert over an irrigation channel.
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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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