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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [136v] (277/498)
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 VII—Section E— contd.
(iv) Fuel. —Uniformly scarce—a very treeless countryside.
But firewood obtainable at BAM.
(v) Fodder. —Plentiful at BAM and KERMAN, fairly plenti
ful at MAHUN, very scarce elsewhere, the country traversed
being arid desert or mountains.
(vi) Grazing. —Poor throughout.
(vii) Petrol and oil. —At BAM and KERMAN only.
(viii) Repair facilities. —Blacksmiths at BAM, semiskilled
mechanics at KERMAN, nil, elsewhere.
8. Improvements required .—
Mile 0-20 Narrow and very rough. Requires widen
ing, levelling and shingling.
There are four irrigation crossings which
can be piped under the track.
20-110 O.K.
,, 110-130 Very rough and lacking in shingle.
Requires levelling, widening in a few places
and shingling throughout. Shingle is
available.
DETAILED REPORT.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
B ' 1 0 0 O., T. O., Tel. O. Population
o,000.
The town is situated on both banks of the
dry bed of the RUD-I-ABBAS ALI but
the modern and growing portion is on the
north bank.
(i) Camping ground—On either side of
the side road from the town, miles
out of the town, before it effects a
right angled junction with the tele-
graph line, the Kerman road and the
Zahidan track—sufficient for two
brigades gravel surface—entrances
and exits, easy M. T. can park on
site.
(li) Water. Abundant and good from
qanats.
(iii) Scarce, but firewood is obtain
able. (iv)
(iv) Fodder.—Fairly plentiful.
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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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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