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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [23v] (51/498)
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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(vii) Petrol and oil—A few tins at every tea house. Large
stocks at KEREJ—Very large stocks at TEHRAN.
(viii) Repair facilities—Competent blacksmiths at KEREJ.
In TEHRAN there are properly equipped service stations main
tained by the agents of all the leading makes of American cars
and lorries.
DETAILED REPORT.
Map 8-L.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
. P. 1
2 412| TEHRAN GATE of KAZVIN at eastern
extremity ot town.
For about a mile the road runs through
vineyards and orchards before open
country is reached.
li 413£ A.I.O.C. dump on left of road On the right,
south of the railway, is a landing ground
used a good deal by the Russians in
September 1941.
1| 414f New road from centre of KAZVIN
town (avoiding to corners, a mile of
slums and the TEHRAN gate) joins old
road (at approx.G 1026).
5£ 420£ SHARIFABAD—Tea house, groves of
trees right and left and a stream—village
on left.
4£ 424£ HISSA.R.—Irrigation channel, tea house
and village £ mile left.
i 425 Too of slight rise—a
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
whence
KAZVIN is visible for the last time.
2 427 KAVANDEH (written KAVANDED).—
100 houses on left.
(i) Camping ground .—On right—sufficient
for two brigades—gravel soil, stony
surface—entrances and exits easy—M.
T. can park on site—cover from air,
nil.
(ii) Water .—From an irrigation channel on
site—perennial, good and sufficient for
two brigades—(the take-off of this
channel should be found in order to
prevent diversion by farmers).
All supplies very scarce.
£ 427£ Isolated hills 1 mile left—main range 10
miles left.
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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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