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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [77r] (158/498)
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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145
Route IV—Section E— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
Road traverses undulating and very dreary
plain for the next 25 miles, almost unin
habited, and very cold in winter and
hot in summer.
Water is scarce and supplies of any kind,
nil.
B. 1. 6 386 Road rises on embankment and crosses
railway by reinforced concrete bridge 10
yards long. Track easily crossable by
M. T. on either side.
B. 1 387| Solitary tea house.
B. 1 3 390^ The highest point on the plateau.
B. 1 396f SURKHAB—(30 houses).
About here the railway which has been
within 50 yards of the road for the past
four miles, bends to right and disappears,
appearing again three miles short of
RAHGIRD.
Camping ground unlimited but no supplies
of any kind and water from a qanat very
scarce.
B. 1 3^ 400 MAJAL—2 miles right 10 house and
qanat.
B. 1 2^ 402^ KADARKARAN—1 mile right (50 houses).
2 qanats visible to right.
B. 1 4^ 407 RAHGIRD—200 houses. P. O., T. O.,
Tel., gendarmerie post.
Railway Station 500 yards to left behind
village. About | mile before reaching
RAHGIRD road passes under railway
bridge of reinforced concrete with
trimmed rock stanchions.
(i) Camping ground .—On left of road £ mile
short of village—sandy and stony soil
—unlimited space—entrances and exits
easy—M. T. can park—cover from air,
nil.
(ii) Water .—Abundant and perennial supply
from the river £ mile north.
(iii) Fuel .—Very little brushwood but
there are good plantations on the
banks of the stream for the next
5 miles.
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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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