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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [52r] (108/498)
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—C.
MASJID-I-SULEIMAN to HAFT KHEL.
Distance. — 53\ miles.
Number of stages. —4.
Reference sheet. —10-E.
GENERAL REPORT.
1. Classification—A. 1 all weather. Average width 15'.
2. Surface and grading .—Well soled and metalled, mostly
tarmac—no gradients or corners which would prove an obstacle
to fully laden heavy M. T. It is possible to average 18/20
m.i.h. in column.
3. Character of adjacent country. —Mountainous. The road
is commanded for nearly all its length and operations off the road
would be impossible for mechanical vehicles.
4. Climatic efects.—Grea.t heat is experienced in summer.
In winter the cold is not intense. Snow seldom falls. Rain falls
between December and April but does not put this section out
of action.
5.
report).
6 .
most of
Labour
Exceptional features—The TEMBI bridge (see detailed
Repair facilities.—Road metal could be quarried along
this section. Road rollers exist in the Fields area,
is scarce between MASJID-I-SULEIMAN and HAFT
KHEL but could be transported to any point from these termini,
where its recruitment (for the company) is organized.
7. Supply facilities.—(i) Camping grounds are good and
water plentiful.
(ii) Supplies are abundant at the termini, elsewhere very
scarce.
(iii) Oil fuel is obtainable at the termini and not else
where.
(iv) Fodder is very scarce indeed.
(v) The grazing is good during the spring.
(vi) Petrol and oil are refined at MASJID-I-SULEIMAN
and HAFT KHEL.
Repair facilities exist at MASJID-I-SULEIMAN and HAFT
KHEL, each of which possesses workshops and competent me
chanics.
8. There is a landing ground at Z. X494,
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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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- Title
- ‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’
- Pages
- 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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