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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [105v] (215/498)
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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202
Route V—Section C— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
B. 1 £ 624|
B. 1 4 629
B. 1 630*
B. 1 4| 635
B. 1 If 636f
B. 1 ^ 637J
B. 1 24 639f
B. 1 4 6404
B. 1 4 640f
B. 1 4 6414
B. 1 4 641f
B. 1 If 6434
B. 1 4 644
B. 1 4 6444
(ii) Water — Perennial, good and ample for a
brigade from the irrigation channel on
site. No supplies of any kind.
Hills on left fall away to five miles distance.
Small village left.
Several small villages left on river bank
and one village right.
HAJIABAD—gendarmerie post—a village
with a small population but with huge
walled gardens and orchards.
(i) Camping ground .—In and around the
grove of trees—sufficient for a brigade
—entrances and exits not reconnoit
red.
(ii) Water—From irrigation channels. All
supplies very scarce—probably not
sufficient for more than a company.
Irrigation channel and orchards on left.
Walled orchards and tea house.
Ruined sarai on left.
The river swings to the left and flows
through a gorge. The road climbs a low
pass—an old fort on a hilltop to the
right.
Summit.
Two tea houses of CHASHMEH ALI in a
fold in the ground—the road drops
steeply to the level of the river.
The old road swings left round a hill and
keeps to river level The new road
climbs over the hill.
Stone bridge over side nullah 10* long, 15'
wide.
A blue dome and ruined sarai KALEH-I-
CHAM. Three arch stone bridge over
side nullah 40 long, 10' wide 15' above
water—approaches bad and stream runs
in such a deep ravine that fording would
be difficult.
Another similar bridge.
Gendarmerie post of KALEH-I-CHAM—
big village and cultivation.
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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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