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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [34v] (73/498)
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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ALTERNATIVE ROUTE.
SENNEH-HUSAINHABAD.
Distance —28 miles.
Date of Report —4th September, 1941.
Ref. f—Map 2-M.
GENERAL.
1. Classification. —C. 1 and probably passable in wet
weather.
2 . Surface and Grading. —A track of average width 9'.
Metalled throughout except in a few places where the road has
not been completed. The read throughout almost its whole length
is cut out of the side of hills. There are no steep climbs or
descents.
3. Character of Adjacent Country —The road runs along a
steep valley in which the QISHLAQ river runs. Occasionally
the valley widens a little, but steep precipices are the rule on
the right hand side. The road throughout its length is com
manded from both sides..—No operations off the road.
4. Repair facilities. —There is metalling along the road and
repairs could easily be carried out.
*• 5. Supply facilities —
(i) Camping sites .—Suitable sites are few and far
between. Where the river valley widens it
would be possible for a Bde. to bivouac. M. T.
would have difficulty in getting off the road.
(ii) Water. —Plentiful throughout from the QISHLAQ
river which is never further than 8(0 yards
away.
(iii) There are no villages along the road, and there is
no likelihood of any produce to be purchased.
DETAILED REPORT
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
c.
1
0
0
SENNEH to brick bridge (B. 8686 ) as for
route above.
c.
1
Bear left at brick bridge.
c.
1
H
8
Road crosses
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
. Bridge in process of
being built, 100 yards on left.
c.
1
1
9
Valley narrows.
c.
1
u
10 £
New road being built on the 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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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