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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [24v] (53/498)
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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40
Route I—Section D — contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total-
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
3 464
5 469
6i 475*
(i) Camping ground.—On left at village-
sufficient for 3 brigades—sandy soil
gravel—entrances and exits easy—
M. T. can park on site—cover from
air, nil.
(ii) Water an irrigation channel
on left of site, perennial and good and
sufficient for two brigades.
All supplies scarce.
Single arch bridge over the KURDUN
river 40\ wide usually contains a trickle
—(20* wide, 1' deep in April, 1936) small
village of SAIFABAD.
Ruined sarai country very barren on both
sides.
HISARAK. Village of 200 houses—
Government Agricultural College and
Experimental Institute.
Map. 9-M.
B. 1 4j 479£ Outskirts of KEREJ—Beet sugar
factory
An East India Company trading post.
1 mile right—population about 4,000—
P. O., T. O., police commissariat, where
passengers proceeding to MAZANDA-
RAN or KAZVIN have to register.
There are one or two hotels and
restaurants, and an apprentice school of
agriculture.
New Route XI to RESHT via CHALUS
takes off to the north.
(0 Camping ground—On right of road i
mile before town—sufficient for 3 bri
gades grassy plain—entrances and exits
easy—M. T. can park on site—cover
trom air, nil. \
(ii) Water.—From the river—perennial, good
> a . a bundant—settling tanks required in
winter and spring.
(ni) ^1—Very plentiful from the extensive
plantations on the banks of the river.
r J - (iv) Fodder. —Plentiful.
(v) Supplies. Sufficent for a brigade for
a
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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.
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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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