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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [54r] (112/498)
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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M. T. ROUTE No. IV.
AHWAZ to TEHRAN ma DIZFUL—KHURRAMABAD—
BURUJIRD—MALAYIR—IRAQ and QUM and the branch
road MALAYIR—HAMADAN.
Distance —
Main road.—660 miles.
Branch road.—58| miles.
Number of stages —
Main road.—37.
Branch road.—4.
Date of compilation. —May, 1934. Revised 1941.
Reference sheet yiumbers—10-A ; 9-D ; 9-C ; 9-B ; 9-F; 9-J; 9-1;
9-M.
Authorities —
Routes in Persia, Volume III.
M. A. Tehran, July, 1932.
M. A. Tehran, April, 1934.
Intelligence Report, 1941.
SECTION IV-A.
AHWAZ TO DIZFUL.
GENERAL REPORT.
Five routes exist between AHWAZ and DIZFUL, all of
which present difficulties to M. T. and were, in the summer of
1941, in a bad state of repair. All five routes, in the earlier
stages at any rate, are impassable for some time after rain.
The routes are as follows :—
(1) AHWAZ (left bank)—WAIS—MULLASANI—HADDAM
—DAR-I-KHAZINEH (left bank)—DAR-I-KHAZINEH
(right bank)-SHUSTAR—DIZFUL.
This route, which is probably the best of the five, follows
Route III-B to DAR-I-KHAZINEH and then strikes north to
SHUSTAR. Distance about 115 miles. The following obstacles
are met.
(a) Ferry at DAR-I-KHAZINEH. Consists of one iron
raft, deck space 16' by 10", safe load 10 tons, turn
round about 17 minutes. Owned and operated by
A. I. O. C. by means of steel wire cable and wind
lass. One barge as stand by. Approaches down
sloping sandy banks. Width of river 150 feet.
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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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