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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [108r] (220/498)
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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207
Route V—Section D— contd.
les.
. Total.
17 Very prominent crag 500' high { mile to
right.
IQ Road enters re-entrant in hills.
21 Road starts to climb gently, closely com
manded from right.
22 Road turns to the right—a stretch of
switchbacks.
24 Road turns to the left—a track joins from
the right.
SANJBASHI—a village in three portions
to the right of the road.
(i) Camping ground —On right of road,
unlimited space, sandy soil with gravel
surface—entrances and exits easy—
M. T. can park on site—cover from
air, nil.
(ii) Water—From irrigation channels on
site. No supplies of any kind.
25 Old track parallel to road on right. Road
running dead straight ascends gently.
27 Small villages to left and right.
28 Road commanded from both flanks.
30 Old gendarmerie post | mile right. Ascent
steeper (1 : 25) and rather tortuous.
31 Summit—gentle descent over very exposed
moorland.
33 Small village of SHURAB on left—spring
on roadside—descent continues—long
and dense strip of cultivation visible in
the valley to the left on the banks of the
QUM river.
35 Track takes off to the left—descent inter
rupted by level stretch of | mile.
38 Descent to river level finished—spring on
right—ford 10' wide 6" deep—bed of
stream 15' wide, sides 10' high and far
bank perpendicular.
39 MIAN RUD—50 houses—wooden trestle
bridge over QUM river, 12' long, 8'
roadway, 8' above stream level. It was
reported in September 1941 that this
bridge had been destroyed owing to its
weak condition, and that though
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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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