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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [31r] (66/498)
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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53
M T Route No. ll-A.—contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
(ii) Water. —Perennial, plentiful and good
from the GAVEH RUD.
No supplies of any kind.
Immediately after crossing road climbs
steeply over a spur running down to the
river—3 or 4 hairpin bends of radius 20'
and cutting 40 s long and a maximum
gradient of I : 8 .
B. 1 1 74| Road rejoins river which it leaves three
times to climb over low shoulders of
v hill.
B. 1 3| 77\ ASKARAN bridge—stone structure of 10 x
over a side stream—approaches easy
and fordable, in spring a depth of 2 ' may
be found and it appears liable to spate.
Road starts to ascend the GA2LAJARA
pass with easy gradients and no bad
corners.
B. 1
B. 1
B. I
B. 1
B. 1
di 8 Cf
1 J 82
81 901
ii 914
24 94
/
After 1 mile crosses small stone bridge, the
last before SENNEH is reached.
Summit—road descends in bold sweeps
down a rather boggy hillside.
Road reaches flat ground on banks of
QISHLAQ river.
The valley widens and the road runs
up the left bank with a few narrow
stretches where it is carried on ledges
20 ' above the stream bed with one
particularly narrow one way portion of
200 x at mile 864 .
Spring on roadside on right. Road leaves
river for 4 mile to climb a shoulder.
Ruined village on right.
QAISAR—a fertile village surrounded by
orchards.
(i) Camping ground —On right in and
above the fruit gardens—sandy soil-
sufficient for 2 brigades entrances
and exits difficult, M. T. must park on
roadside—cover from air, nil.
(ii) Water. —Perennial, plentiful and good
from the QISHLAQ river.
(iii) Fuel.—Scarce unless the fruit trees are
utilized.
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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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