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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [65v] (135/498)
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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122
Route IV—Section B.— contd.
Miles.
Classification.
Inter. Total.
B.
1
3f
158
Large Sarai 1 mile left across river. Road
drops and climbs for 3 miles by easy
gradients over spurs running northward
towards river.
B.
1
32
161J
Irish bridge liable to spate—1^' water
and boulders.
B.
1
2 *
164
Single arch stone bridge 20 ' long 6 ' above
stream—approaches easy and alternative
crossing places exist. Start easy ascent
of pass.
B.
1
li
165i
Top of pass—a plateau covered with ilex
trees—descent very easy and gradual.
B.
1
3
168i
Descent ended—road on extensive plain
—5 miles broad and very fertile—dotted
with walled villages.
B.
1
5f
174
Cross river bed by long masonry bridge
normally dry but after heavy rains (in
April, 1934) was 100 x broad and of a
maximum depth of l^feet.
B. 1 3 177 Brick minaret 80' high on roadside to the
right.
B. 1 1 178 KHURRAMABAD—Anglo-Iranian Oil
Company’s depot and police post—road
to left to old town 1 ^ miles away across
Sassanian bridge 300 x long 18' wide.
Fort very prominent on rocky hill dom-
minating the town. P. O., T. O., Tel. O.,
12,000 inhabitants—Aerodrome with 1
hangar 1 mile up stream from the town.
1 regiment is located in the fort and 2 in
the new barracks 1 | miles east of town.
From KHURRAMABAD town there is a
passable M. T. road to KERMANSHAH
via HARSIN distance 121 miles.
(Route 7.)
(i) Camping ground.—Sufficient for a
brigade at road junction near A. I. O.
C. dump—stony soil—entrances and
exits easy—cover from air, nil—M. T.
can park.
(ii) Water .—Abundant and perennial sup
ply from river.
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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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