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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [92v] (189/498)
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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176
Route V—Section A— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Tatal.
i 1
B. 1
6. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
P. 1
entrance to the main bazar) reaches the
mam exit. Northwards which, passing
hard by the tomb of HAFIZ, climbs
steadily to the QURAN GATE and
rising more steeply still enters the
TANG-I-ALLAHU AKBAR—a defile
of \ a mile in length.
2f 185f Ascent finished, road skirts the base of
BABA KUH and runs through cultiva
tion with the irrigation channel of AB-I-
RUKNI alongside.
2^ 188 AKBARABAD—small village and sarai.
l| 189^ Small weir and cistern diverting part of
RUKNI channel from the north to the
south of the road.
i 189f Ruined two storied gendarmerie post on
hill on right.
GUMBAD-I-SABZ—valley narrows and
road starts the ascent of the BAMU
pass.
2| 192^ Summit of BAMU pass—very rough
surface with rock outcrops.
A narrow cutting for 10 s at top. The
descent is short but steep with two bad
corners of radius 18'.
| 193 Descent finished to BAJGAH plain—old
fort and sarai partly ruined on left, new
gendarmerie post 300* right.
A spring and troughs of good water on
roadside.
The road crosses the | mile wide valley
floor and starts to ascend the ZAR
GHUN or AB-I-BARIK pass.
The ascent is gradual at first but gets
steeper and rougher near the top.
195| Summit—the descent is gradual and well
graded.
If 197^ Gendarmerie post and spring on roadside
—the hills are close up on the left of the
road—on the right is a wide valley. The
road switch-backs as far as a slight rise
at mile 199 from which ZARGHUN and
the plain beyond arc visible at the foot
of a long straight descent.
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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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