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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [63v] (131/498)
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 IV
118
-Section B.-
-contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
B. 1
(iv) Fodder. —Nil.
(v) Supplies .— Nil.
(vi) Petrol and oil. —Nil.
(vii) Special sanitary measures. —Nil.
(viii) Collection of^ supplies .—The country to
the south is barren. That to the
north, while fertile, produces no sur
plus.
TANG I-KHIRSDAR—gorge 1 mile long
which varies from ^ mile to 1 mile in
breadth, sides are precipitous and^rocky
and rise sheer to 500' above the KASH-
GAN-RUD.
The road is carried on a ledge 20' above
high water level.
Shrine IMAMZADEH BABA ZAI on
right above road.
GULGUL and Lur settlement on right
above road.
Stone bridge single arch 15' long 10' above
river bed over RAMAK GULGUL
which was dry even in time of excep
tional floods.
Road on cliff face above river—liable
erosion.
Descend to river level. Ford shown
map at MURUNI was unfordable
April, 1934.
B. 1 1| 105£ Road enters gorge TANG-I-KISH and
carried on cliff face.
4 huts and road department rest house.
The cliffs on east side of road are over
hanging at this point.
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1 li
B. 1
1001
101 i
103
ml
B. 1 i 104
to
on
in
is
B.
1
h
106
The gorge narrows to 300 x .
B.
1
5
111
Two single stone bridges 10' in length-
road turns sharply to left.
B.
1
2h
113|
A Lur settlement—gorge 1-2 miles wide
at this point.
B.
1
li
114f
Gorge narrows.
B.
1
2
116f
Gorge widens—road on crumbling cliff
face of red mud.
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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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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