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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [67r] (138/498)
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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125
Route IV—Section C.—contd.
6 . Repair facilities —Road metal is available through—
out this section. There is one stream roller at KHURRAMABAD
and one at BURUJIRD. The area is sparsely populated but
the Persian Government employs a man per mile on main
tenance.
7. Supply facilities .— (i) Camping grownds.—Good through
out.
(ii) Water. —Plentiful.
(iii) Supplies .—Plentiful at BURUJIRD and MALAYIR,
scarce on the road, plentiful at the villages on the SILAKHUR
plain.
fiv) Fuel and fodder.— Very scarce on the road but plentiful
at BURUJIRD and MALAYIR.
(v) Grazing is good
(vi) Petrol and oil. —Large quantities at BURUJIRD and
MALAYIR. A few tins are obtainable cn the road
(vii 1 M.T. repair facilities —Blacksmiths and semiskilled
garage hands and poorly equipped garages are available at
BURUJIRD and MALAYIR
DETAILED REPORT.
Map 9-C.
B. 1 li Y79\ New barracks ^ mile left on rising ground
across stream which smells strongly of
sulphur.
Road runs up left bank and crosses by a
double arched stone bridge 20 long
10 ' above water to the right bank.
(Map ref. O. 1679).
B. 1 3 | 183 Gradual climb—village of KAMALVAND
(30 huts).
B. 1 2l 185| Small gendarmerie post and hamlet of 15
huts. Road still climbing gradually up
a broad valley.
CHULANDASHT—(i) Camping ground.
—For 1 brigade near Sarai—entrances
and exits easy—stony soil—cover from
air, nil—M. T. can park (ii) (iii) (iv)
(ii) Water.—From stream—perennial and
sufficient for a brigade—tanks and
pumps required.
(iii) FW.—Nil.
(iv) Fodder. —Nil.
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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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