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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [128v] (261/498)
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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248
Route VII—Section B—contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
A. 1 lOfc 354 i A low hill 50' high—50‘ to the left.
A. 1 2 35o£ Village of BAMBIZ BALA seen 2 miles
to the left
A. 1 4£ 361 Road crosses dry nullah bed 100* wide
before reaching BAMBIZ village lying
under two prominent hills in the middle
of the plain (150 houses).
(i) Camping ground. —On right before en
tering village—unlimited space—stony
soil—entrances and exits easy—cover
from air, ml—M. T. can park on site.
(ii) Water. —Brackish—but plentiful in
supply from a qanat.
No supply facilities.
A.
1
1*
362*
Pond on right—irrigation reservoir fed by
stream (brackish).
A.
1
6f
369
Isolated hills 100' high * mile to right.
A.
1
H
370|
Cultivation starts—telegraph line joins
from right—ruins of old town to right—
new town straight ahead —2 conspicuous
blue domes.
A.
1
li
372
Garage on roadside—on extreme western
edge of NAIN town.
Road to town takes off to right.
NAIN -P. O., T. O., Tel. O.; 8,000 inhabit
ants.
(i) Camping ground —£ mile west of the
town—unlimited space—stony surface
—entrances and exits easy—cover from
air, nil—M. T. can park on site.
(ii) Water.— Good, plentiful and perennial
from qanats.
(iii) Fuel. —Mostly brushwood but plentiful.
(iv) Fodder.—Plentiful.
(v) Supplies. —5,000 sheep and goats—
wheat and vegetables, eggs, sufficient
for a brigade for a week.
(vi) Petrol and oil. —About 5,000 tins.
(vii) Special sanitary measures. —Nil.
(viii) Collection of supplies. —100 donkeys,
300 camels, 50 carts and 5 lorries
available for collection from a fertile
area to north.
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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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- Title
- ‘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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence