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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [73r] (150/498)
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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SECTION 1V-E.
MALAYIR to QUM.
Number of stages. —10.
Distance. —158| miles.
Reference sheets. —9-B, 9-F, 9 J.
GENERAL REPORT.
1. Classification—B. 1 inclining to A. 1. The road is
used by A. I. O. C. petrol tankers and other heavy commercial
motors.
2. Surface and grading.-Generally 18' metalled road
way. Two-way traffic, though care is required when passing
through villages where road is narrow. Surface for the most
part is dusty and badly corrugated Normal maintenance is
carried on, but is insufficient as the metalling requires relaying in
the worst portions.
The sector 15 miles in length east of IRAQ, where the
road crosses a sandy desert, is liable to become flooded after rain
and to merge into the TUZLU GOL salt lake t£> the north.
3. Character of Adjacent Country—The country is less
mountainous than in sections B, C or D, it consists chiefly
of dreary uninhabited barren plateaus and plains exposed m the
winter to blizzards and in summer to the sun a very trying
terrain for infantry at all seasons. The country is unsuitable for
large scale A F. V. operations, except in the Salt Lake area in dry
weather and between Miles 380 and 405 and movement off tracks
is confined to a limited distance on either side of the road.
Much of it is devoid of water, supplies and inhabitants.
4. Climatic effects—Snow falls heavily and is liable to
drift on the two high and exposed plateaus between MALAYIR
and IRAQ and between IRAQ and QUM. The read is unfenced
and unwalled and after snow the track is ob iterated and vehicles
frequently get bogged in the soft patches at the side of the road.
Rain will render the 15 mile stretch east of IRAQ water
logged and vehicles approaching the sides of the road will get
stuck up to the axles in the glutinous clay.
The winter is bitterly cold and in the summer at mid-day
the heat excessive between IRAQ and QUM.
5 Road Alignment—The map is accurate except for the last
15 miles to IRAQ. The railway line passes to the west and not
'to the east of the group of hills in Square K 14, and comes close
to the road li miles before reaching the village °t NAMAK
KHUR (K. 1149). For the remainder of the section to IRAQ, road
railway and hill contours are not accurate.
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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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