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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [89v] (183/498)
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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170
Route V—Section A— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
(i) Camping ground. —On the right of the
road opposite the gendarmerie post
sufficient for two brigades stony
surface—entrances and exits easy—M.
T. should park on roadside—cover from
air, nil on site but excellent near spring
300 x short of site on either side of road
under the high cliff.
(ii) Water. —Perennial, abundant and ex
ceptionally good water from the spring
on the roadside 300; short of site.
(iii) Fuel. —Abundant, standing timber and
brushwood.
(iv) Fodder. —Excellent grazing all the year
round on the plain.
(v) Supplies. —Very scarce on site.
(vi) Petrol and oil.—A few tins (irregular
supply).
(vii) Special sanitary measures. —Nil.
(viii) Collection of supplies. —Impractical.
After one mile the road ascends gently
through the well wooded SINEH
SAFID range.
B. 1
B. 1
C. 1
C. 1
B. 1
B. 1
Map 17-C.
U
31
h
21
2 k
31
143a Summit of low pass—descent is gentle but
tortuous.
1471 Descent finished, road enters KARA
AGACH valley.
1471 A very narrow stretch of 100* on a cliff
above the river.
14^2 A similar but shorter stretch.
152 Cross to left bank by a six-arch stone
bridge—18' roadway—10' above stream
K at centre arch—70 x long and two abut-
' ments of 15" each—width of river bed 50*
—width of stream 10*. Summer, depth
6". The road descends the valley
through fields to
1551 KHAN-I-ZINIAN—Fort, Sarai, P. O., T.
O., Tel. O., two villages of hovels.
(i) Camping ground. —Unlimited on road
side—grassy plain—entrances and exits
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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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