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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [97r] (198/498)
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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185
Route V—Section B — contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
B. 1 If 346| Route 57 to YEZD via ABRQUH takes
off to the right.
B. 1 If 348| SURMAQ— gendarmerie post, P. O., T. O.,
Tel. O. population over 2,000.
(i) Camping ground .—On right of road £
mile before entering village—unlimited
space gravel and stony surface—
entrances and exits easy—M. T. can
park on site—cover from air, nil.
(ii) ITater.—Plentiful from irrigation
channels north of site perennial and
good.
(iii) Fuel. —Scarce.
(iv) Fodder .— \ ^ a r ^ 1 e , y ’
(v) Supplies.— i bhoosa, meat, vegetables
’ and eggs).
(vi) Petrol and oil—A few tins—irregular
supply.
(vii) Special sanitary measures. —Nil.
(viii) Collection of supplies .—The area im
mediately bordering the road from
here to ABADEH is very fertile—
about 200 donkeys and 10 carts avail
able for collection.
From this point onwards the road is good
and speeds of 60 m.p h. can frequently
be attained with safety, and as far as
ISFAHAN an average of 40 m.p.h.
should not prove difficult for a good car
in the hands of a capable driver.
The road now traverses a wide valley. It
is not commanded from the left and only
partially from the right.
The whole area from SURMAQ to
ABADEH and 10 miles beyond (a strip
3 to 5 miles broad and 25 miles long) is
cultivated and dotted with villages every
mile in every direction.
A. 1 If 350f Small village.
A. 1 If 351f Large walled village of AMIRABAD (not
AMINABAD)
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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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