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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [104v] (213/498)
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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2C0
Route V—Section C—contd.
Miles.
Classification.
Inter. Total.
A.
1
U
597f
Sulphur springs on the roadside.
A.
1
i
598i
Sarai, two miles right across the stream.
A.
1
ii
599k
From this point onwards there is more
water in the stream which runs parrallel
to the road on the right at an average
distance of 100* under an escarpment.
A.
1
i
600
HASTIJAN—tea house with spring in a
clump of trees.
A.
1
U
6 OI 4
Road de s cends to river level.
A.
1
il
603
Road crosses river diagonally by a ford,
distance from bank to bank 2C0 width
of stream (summer) 15 x , maximum depth
6 ". This stream is very liable to spate
aiiu. in w j 11 l c. i. a— —
after heavy rain is a serious obstacle to
both lorries and cars. At low water the
bottom is pebbly and firm but when in
spate the bottom is soft with mud and
silt.
A. 1 I 4 604i Road crosses side nullah 10 s wide, water
1 * wide, 2 " deep and enters a very
open plain with hills on the right at
^ mile distance and on the right at 10
miles. Village of MAZAR four miles
right.
A. 1 3 607| A qanat on the left.
A. 1 £ 607f Cultivation and irrigation channel on left.
Map 9-J.
A. 1 3 610f Road junction—Route V-D to IRAQ via
KHUM AIN, takes off to the left.
DILIJAN—gendarmerie post—tea houses
—P. O., T. O , Tel. O.—population about
2 , 000 .
(i) Camping ground. —On the left of the
road just before the road junction
unlimited space if not under crops —
entrances and exits easy—M.T. should
park on roadside owing to ditches—
cover from air, nil.
(ii) Water. —From irrigation channels on,
site—perennial, good and ample.
(iii) Fuel.—Scarce.
(iv) Fodder. —Scarce.
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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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