![‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [‎95v] (195/498)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000133/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_13_0195.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [‎95v] (195/498)")
‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [95v] (195/498)
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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
182
Route V—Section B— contd.
Classification.
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
C. 2
C. 2
C. 2
C. 2
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
Miles.
Inter. Total.
(ii) Water. —Perennial, plentiful and good.
h
£
*
H
£
U
U
*
U
31
h
i
U
(iii) Fue/.—Scarce.
(iv) Fodder .—Nil on site.
(v) Petrol and oil .—Nil on site.
(vi) Supplies .—Nil on site.
(vii) Special sanitary measures. —Nil.
(viii) Collection of supplies. —Impractical.
280 Low pass, tortuous for first 1 mile, easier
thereafter.
28 O 2 Summit—easy descent to
281 Dry nullah bed 75 x wide, liable to spate.
281| Road crosses flat valley floor and enters a
defile.
2884 Defile narrows to 20 x and becomes very
tortuous—sides of defile 100 '.
283f The defile widens for J mile and narrows
again.
285 Summit is reached after a bad corner
(radius 16') and a steep final ascent of
300 1 of 1 : 10—gendarmerie post on
summit.
The descent for the first 100 x is steep and
rough with two bad bends, thereafter
easier and straighter.
286f Descent finished—road crosses irrigation
channel and small stream by a low stone
culvert only 2 ' above stream level.
287^ Gendarmerie post of DIDAGAN—road
starts to ascend gently.
288^ Summit—undulating and bleak country.
292\ Another summit.
292f Gendarmerie post.
293£ Small village 4 mile right, big village 1 mile
right.
295f Another summit.
297 QISHLAQ—road crosses three irrigation
channels flowing from right.
About this item
- Content
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.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [95v] (195/498), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/13, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100040741222.0x0000c4> [accessed 4 June 2026]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100040741222.0x0000c4
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100040741222.0x0000c4">‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [‎95v] (195/498)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100040741222.0x0000c4"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000133/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_13_0195.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000133/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/13
- Title
- ‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’
- Pages
- 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
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence