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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [45r] (94/498)
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 III—Section A— contd.
6. Repair facilities. —Stone for road metal could be quarried
near AHWAZ. There are 10 road rollers in ABADAN. 2 are
steam driven and 2 are light and unsuitable for road work. The
remaining 6 (2 of 8 tons and 4 of 12 tons) have i. c. engine.
Very little in the way of maintenance work is done, as this
section is regarded by the company merely as a fair weather and
secondary line of communication.
7. Supply facilities. —(i) Camping grounds are numerous.
(ii) Water is abundant as the KARUN river is, except from
about mile 48 to mile 69, never more than a mile or two distant
from the road.
(iii) Supplies are plentiful at MUHAMMERAH, ABADAN
and AHWAZ, very scarce elsewhere.
(iv) Fodder and fuel other than oil fuel are scarce,
(v) Grazing is good for 2 months in the spring.
(vi) Petrol and oil are available in unlimited quantities at
MUHAMMERAH, ABADAN and AHWAZ.
(vii) Repair facilities exist at these towns ; the Company’s M
T. workshops at ABADAN particularly being able to take on any
M. T. engineering job to all grades of vehicles ranging from light
cars to heavy lorries and tractors. In addition the ABADAN
main workshop, comprising boiler shop, machine shop, carpenter
shop, foundry, etc., can undertake repair work within certain
limits.
DETAILED REPORT.
Map 10-B.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total-
A. 1
A. 1
A. 1
0 0 MUHAMMERAH left bank. Anglo-
Iranian Oil Company’s jetty. Road runs
through date gardens and crosses small
irrigation channels by adequate wooden
bridges.
There are two hotels at MUHAMMERAH,
one suitable for Europeans.
li Road emerges from gardens and heads
across open plain for ABADAN which is
visible. Dry weather tracks on either
side of the A. I. O. C. metalled and
tarmac road.
5 A. I. O. C. aerodrome and hangar 200 x
right.
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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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