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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [107r] (218/498)
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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Route V—Section D— contd.
7. Supply Facilities—(i) Camping giounds—Suitable sites
are plentiful though stones and thistles may have to be cleared.
(ii) Water. —Plentiful at KHUMAIN and IRAQ—procur
able in small quantities (for a battalion for a day or so) at
NIMVAR and VARCHIN. Very scarce on the route elsewhere
though the country (except from mile 15-35) is fertile and much
grain could be collected at harvest time. Live-stock is plentiful
in spring and summer.
(iii) Fuel. —Scarce.
(iv) Fodder. —Fairly plentiful (barley and chopped straw),
(v) Grazing. —Good in spring and summer.
(vi) Petrol and oil. —At DILI)AN (5,000 gallons), at
KHUMAIN and IRAQ large stocks—nil elsewhere.
(vii) Repair facilities. —At IRAQ only.
DETAILED REPORT.
Map 9-J.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
B. 1 0 0 DILIJAN—P. O., T. O.
Road heads south-west across an open
uncultivated gravel plain, with a qanat
on the right—a good and spacious camp
site.
B. 1 2 2
B. 1 1 ' 3
B. 1 1 4
B. 1 2 6
B. 1 1 7
B. 1 8*
B. 1 U 10
Map. 9-K.
Dry nullah bed 30 K wide, liable to spate
after heavy rain.
Another similar nullah—short ascent over
low hills to left and right.
Summit—much cultivation visible on the
banks of the QUM river to the right—
gentle descent for ^ a mile, then level
plain—single telegraph line on wooden
poles parallel to the road on the left.
Low mound on roadside on right.
Chain of low hillocks from left to right
which road breaks through.
Spring on roadside on left.
NIMVAR—200 houses and walled
orchards.
The village runs into BAQIRABAD (Mile
12). There is cover from air for approx,
two dispersed brigades.
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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.
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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