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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [15v] (35/498)
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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22
Route I—Section B—contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
(i) Camping ground .—On the light of the
road on the slopes of the hillside—
unlimited space—gravel soil—entran
ces and exits difficult for M. T. which
should park on roadside—cover from
air, nil.
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(ii) Water.— From the stream on site-
perennial, good and sufficient for a
brigade.
(iii) Fuel.—A little brushwood on the hills.
(iv) Supplies—AM supplies very scarce
indeed. The road now runs along the
lower slopes of a range of hills on the
right whence it is more or less conti
nually commanded. The country to
the left is very open.
B.
1
el
25l£
Road junction. Routes 11 (to SENNEH)
and 12 (to BIJAR) take off to the
north.
B.
1
3|
255£
Beginning of intensive belt of cultivation
which surrounds HAMADAN.
Road becomes narrow and runs between
high hedges or walls.
B.
1
3|
259
Blind corner round bastion of old fort
new road straight through town takes
off here to the left.
B.
1
U
2604
HAMADAN.—(Four cross roads at upper
(southern) end of town. Turn left for
town, straight on for KAZVIN, right
for Consulate, A. I. O. C., Bank and
European residential quarter), P.O.,
T. O., Tel. O. Population about 80,000.
No military garrison. Seat of Governor
of Province of HAMADAN. Owing to
its elevation of over 6,000' the climate
in summer is very cool and bitterly cold
in winter. Aerodrome miles E. N. E.
of town.
(i) Camping ground.—S. E. of town in
angle bound by KAZVIN and MALA-
YIR roads—grass, gravel and sand—
sufficient for two brigades but not
all in one site—entrances and exits
easy—M.T. can park on site—cover
from air, nil.
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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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