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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [111r] (226/498)
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 VI—Section A— contd.
which has no parapet, there is a sheer drop of 200-400 feet to the
river bed. 3 ton lorries cannot negotiate this pass without unload
ing owing to the overhang of the cliff.
No larger lorry than a 3 ton can pass even unloaded owing
to the small radius of the corners.
6. Repair facilities .—Road metal is available throughout
this section. The area is very scarcely populated and the Govern
ment probably employs a man per 3 miles on maintenance duty.
Steam rollers are not available.
7. Supply facilities —Suitable sites for camping grounds are
plentiful but, as is usually the case in Central and East
Persia, the real problem is water and the great shortage of this
throughout the entire section seriously limits the number of suit
able camping grounds.
Supplies, fuel, fodder and grazing are all extremely scarce
and no supply centres exist between BANDAR ABBAS and
SIRJAN.
Petrol is only obtainable at these points. Repair facilities
are completely lacking.
DETAILED REPORT.
Map 25-A.
Miles.
Classification, Inter. Total.
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
0 0 British Consulate. (Town 1 mile west.)
| | KHAJITA—village (50 houses) £ mile right
on sea shore.
^ 1 A. P. O. C. depot in stone walled com
pound.
4 li NAIBAND—old barracks of the S. P. R.
rapidly falling into ruins—a few huts and
some sweet water—small vegetable gar
dens whence supplies are sent to BAN
DAR ABBAS.
| 2 Metalled road right to sea shore; pier now
removed by Iranian Government to town
and erected there. Road very sandy tor
next l.mile.
li 3i Road turns quarter left and starts to ascend
very gradually.
| 4 NAKHL-I-NAUKHUDA - village (50
houses and palm gardens) ^ mile to right.
£ 4£ Irish bridge paved 20 x broad.
£ 5 Road turns quarter left and runs almost
north-east.
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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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- 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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