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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [130r] (264/498)
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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251
Route VII—Section C~contd.
Miles
Classification Inter. Total.
A. 1
A. 1
A. 1
A. 1
A. 1
£ 394f MAZRAE small village of a few huts.
| 395i Dry nullah bed 50* wide—ruined fort on
hill to left.
Road winds down a well defined valley
with numerous hamlets in the side valleys
which join it.
399l Road drops to a stony and wide river bed
which it follows for the next 3£ miles
sometimes on a bank and sometimes in
the actual bed. This stretch would give
trouble after heavy rain. The KUH-I-
SARASH range extends some 8 miles
further west than shown on the map.
2b 402 Village 100 houses right.
403i Road climbs steeply for 20* (1 : 8 gra
dient) out of nullah bed to the walled
village right and left of road of TUDA-
SHT 300 houses—gendarmerie post and
P. O.
f
A. 1
A. 1
A. 1
A. 1
(i) Camping ground .—On right of road—
unlevel site—sufficient for 2 battalions
in bivouac—entrances and exits diffi
cult—stony soil—M. T. can park on
road—cover from air, nil.
(ii) Water. —Good, plentiful and perennial
from quants.
(iii) Petrol and oil, nil—other supplies
sufficient for 2 battalions.
1^ 4041 Hills start to fall away right and left—road
ho longer commanded.
4£ 409 KANAL BEG 1 mile left 200 houses and
a conspicuous blue dome.
li 410i Qanat from right leading to ZAPAN
group of villages on left on the edge of
the Salt desert.
418 KUHPAYEH. P. O., T. O. gendarmerie
post—several sarais and a large fort with
bastions—in whole area of KUHPAYEH
there are probably 800 houses but it is
very straggling.
(i) Camping ground—On left of road clear
of the village—unlimited space—clay
soil—entrances and exits easy—cover
from air, nil—M. T. can park on site.
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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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