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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [32v] (69/498)
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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ROUTE II—SECTION B.
SENNEH TO DIWAN DARREH.
Distance. —58£ miles.
Number of stages. —4.
Date of compilation. —December 1941.
Refeience 4" sheet. —2-M,
GENERAL REPORT.
1 . Classification—C. 1, and in very wet weather, impass
able to fully laden light M. T.
2. Surface and grading. —A track of average width KT.
Smooth and very lightly shingled to a width of 6'. Is sufficiently
cambered and ditched. Many severe gradients which combined
with rough, stony or soft road surface, will prove/ a serious
obstacle to fully laden M. T. especially in wet weather.
3. Character of adjacent country. —For the most part bare
undulating mountains lying at 6 , 0 ( 0 ' above sea level; inter
sected by deep and narrow valleys. Mountains stretch from
mile 1 to 12. It is seldom that the road is not commanded from
the flank. With the exception of the mountainous patches the
country off the road is almost ideal for cavalry operations, but
A. F. V’ s would have trouble with the soft nature of the soil and
the numerous small but deep-sided wadis.
4. Climatic effects. —The climate in summer, due to the
altitude is cool and exhilarating. In Autumn, Winter and Spring
the cold is intense. Much snow falls between December and
the end of February.
5. Exceptional features. —The Pass from mile 7-13. All
the streams in late Winter and Spring. The bleak moorland in
mid-Winter and in Spring, which is rendered a bog.
6 Repair facilities —There is very little metal near the.
road, but a good deal of gravel. Civilian labour is scarce.
7. Supply facilities.
(a) Camping ground. —Suitable sites are plentiful.
Cover from air is lacking.
(b) Water. —Plentiful throughout. No waterless
stretch for more than 5 miles is encountered
anywhere.
(o') Supplies. —SENNEH has plentiful supplies. The
villages en route being KURDISH are largely
inhabitated by nomads and are wretchedly poor.
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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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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