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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [71r] (146/498)
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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133
Route IV—Section D — contd.
(e) Tunnels. —None.
6 . Repair facilities. —Road metal exists all along this
section The first 15 miles are highly populated—the last 7
moderately so and the intervening 46 miles sparsely populated.
The Persian Government employs a man a mile on maintenance.
One steam roller is located at HAMADAN.
7. Supply facilities. — (i) Caynping grounds. —Are good
throughout though exposed in winter.
(ii) Water. —Is abundant, good and easily obtained from
qanats and streams.
(iii) Supplies. —Are plentiful at MALAYIR and
HAMADAN, obtainable in large quantities by systematic collec
tion from the NIKXABAD plain and are scarce elsewhere.
(iv) Fuel—Is plentiful at MALAYIR and HAMADAN—
very scarce elsewhere.
(v) Fodder. —Is also plentiful in these two towms and on
the NIKLABAD plain. It is very scarce elsewhere. Good
grazing from spring to autumn exists along the last half of this
stage.
Large stocks of petrol and oil are kept in MALAYIR and
HAMADAN. At other places, such as the roadside tea shops,
a few tins are obtainable.
(vi) Repair facilities. —Garages and blacksmiths (but not
skilled mechanics or up-to-date machinery) exist in the two
towns but not elsewhere.
DETAILED REPORT.
Road continues straight for J50 x and, after three blind
corners round house ends, heads N. W. across NIKLABAD
plain.
Map 9-B.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
B.
1
n
li
The gardens and houses of MALAYIR
end.
The road skirts S. E. extremity of the
LASHKARAK KUH range.
B.
1
6 f
MAHRABAD—300 houses with a con
spicuous blue dome.
B.
1
U
8
A large village of 300 houses t <3 the left
on the plain.
B.
1
If
9f
Road leaves plain and enters foot hills.
B.
1
2
HI
The summit of a low and easy pass after
which road drops to
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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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