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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [93v] (191/498)
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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178
Route V—Section B— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
U
3i
4f
1
205 The road swings north and cuts across a
branch of the plain to a prominent but
low spur after which it again turns east
and hugs the base of the hill which rises
sheer for 500'.
208| The road crosses by a culvert one of the
small streams flowing out of the marsh
and heads north again across the plain
(on a slightly raised causeway with very
steep cambering) dead straight towards
the prominent bluff under which lies
PUL-I-KHAN.
213 PUL-I-KHAN—three arch stone bridge
over the KUR river 70 x long, 12' roadway,
maximum height water above 16'—appro
aches easy but river quite unfordable
being 40* wide, deep and swift. Construc
tion was begun on a new stone bridge,
60 yards long with one arch of 35 yards,
downstream of the existing bridge, but
was suspended early in 1941. Should,
however, the existing bridge collapse or
be destroyed, use could be made of the
Sassanian dam at BAND AMIR; this
is wide enough for motor traffic, but
would require some small demolition of
rock outcrop on the north bank.
After crossing the river the road heads
generally north-east across the vast
and well irrigated MARV DASHT plain
but makes several seemingly needless
bends.
214 Close to the road on the right is the new
sugar beet
factory
An East India Company trading post.
. (Called MARV
DASHT in one report.)
217| KINAREH -village 1 mile right.
221f Ruins of PERSEPOLIS (TAKHT-I-JAM-
SHID)—gendarmerie post tea house and
workmen’s huts. There is also a small
landing ground.
Road turns sharp to the left and runs
parallel to and 50* distant from KUH-I-
RAHMAT on the right. The PUL VAR
liver is close on the left and remains so
for 20 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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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