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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [125r] (254/498)
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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241
Route VII—Section A— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
(iv) Fodder. —Scarce.
(v) Supplies. —Scarce.
(vi) Petrol and oil. —Nil.
(vii) Special sanitary measures. —Nil.
(viii) Collection af supplies .—A few donkeys
available but the area is not fertile.
A.
1
3
158
Sandy patch alternating with gravel. A
wilderness.
Map 17-1.
A.
1
12
170
Road drops to a wide and shallow depres
sion 1 mile across.
A.
1
4i
1741
Another similar depression with salt
deposits.
A.
1
2 k
1761
SHAMS—large ruined fort on left and
another not so dilapidated on the right
in which there is a gendarmerie post.
(i) Camping ground .—On right of road
immediately west of the post un
limited space—sandy soil entrances
and exits easy—cover from air, nil
M. T. can park on site.
(ii) Water .—Brackish and scarce supply
from two small streams from the left
—perennial.
No supply facilities of any sort.
Road heads across a plain towards a pass
visible 10 miles away.
A.
1
10
1861
Road starts to ascend—gradient 1 : 30-
road commanded closely from both sides
for next 2l miles.
A.
1
U
1881
Summit.
A.
1
i
3
188|
Descent ended—road emerges from hills
on to plain.
A large patch of salt desert visible 3-4
miles to the right.
A. 1 5£ mi KIRMANSHAHAN-2 sarais-gendar-
merie post and tea house (JNo. 1. as
shown on map).
(i) Camping ground .—On right of road
before reaching post— unlimited space
t
I
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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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